Today seems like a good occasion to revisit a document that was issued in conjunction with a congress of world religions in 2016<\/a>, a Declaration of Human Rights issued by and reflecting the perspective of the world\u2019s major religions. The statement was a response to September 11th and has not received the attention I would have expected such a document to receive.<\/p>\n The statement addresses a variety of matters pertaining to rights and the denial thereof that are sometimes associated in particular ways with gender, sexuality, race, slavery, and so on. As pertains to religion, it is especially interesting to see what the world\u2019s religions think are the key rights and freedoms everyone should have with respect to religion. That it is Article 18 itself shows that there is a unity in prioritizing other more general rights and freedoms. Here\u2019s a small taste of what it says:<\/p>\n Read the whole thing on the website of the 3rd Global Congress on World\u2019s Religions after September 11<\/a>. It is obviously based on and stands in relation to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights issued by the United Nations<\/a>, as the document itself indicates.<\/p>\n Of related interest, Thomas Albert Howard blogged about the 1893 Parliament of the World\u2019s Religions<\/a>; New Humanist<\/em> had pieces about whether human rights have a future<\/a> and whether human rights are enough<\/a>.\u00a0 See also:<\/p>\n\n
\nfreedom to choose, retain, or change one\u2019s religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or
\nin a community with others and in public or private, to manifest one\u2019s religion or belief in
\nteaching, practice, worship, and observance.<\/li>\n
\nto others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n