Report on the Human Rights Council urgent debate on acts of religious hatred

by Geneva Human Rights Council, Human rights institutions and mechanisms, In Focus: Human rights and religion, Istanbul process, Religion, Religious intolerance, Resolution 16/18, Thematic human rights issues, URG Human Rights Council Reports, URG Human Rights Council Reports

On 11th July 2023, during the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council, which opened on June 19, 2023, an urgent debate was convened to ‘discuss the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries.’ The urgent debate was requested in an official …