Parliament of Worlds Religion 2004 Barcelona

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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Symposia
Religion and Human Rights: Towards a Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions
Session III Sunday, July 11, 2004 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Sants, Eixample, and Gràcia Rooms, AC Barcelona Hotel
Session Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:00 - 4:00 PM Multiuse Room, CCIB
The third session will consist of three breakout sessions. The first of the three breakout groups will be devoted to Islam, the second to Chinese traditions, and the third to Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Baha'i faith.
Breakout Sessions:
This session inaugurates the Symposium with a video interview of the Dalai and a discussion of how human rights discourse could be enriched by insights garnered from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Native American religious traditions.
I. Focus: Islam Sants room, AC Barcelona Session Leaders: Abdulkarim Soroush, H.M. Habib Chizrin, Irfan Omar
Opening session: 30 minutes Video Presentation His Holiness, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Interview on Human Rights and Peace
II.Focus: Chinese Traditions Eixample room, AC Barcelona Session Leaders: Tu Wei Ming, Xinzhong Yao, John Berthrong
III. Focus: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Baha'I Gràcia room, AC Barcelona Session Leaders: Arvind Sharma (Hinduism), David Chappell (Buddhism), Brian Lepard (Baha'i)
Roundtable: 60 minutes Theme: How Can Humanity's Religious Traditions Enrich Human Rights Discourse? Panelists: Rama Rao Pappu (Hinduism), Sulak Sivaraksha (Buddhism), Tu Wei-ming (Confucianism), Ines Talamantez (Native American religion)
Session IV Sunday, July 11, 2004 3:00-4:30 PM Sagrada Familia room, AC Barcelona Hotel
Session 11 Sunday, July 11, 2004 9:30 - 11:00 AM Room 113, CCIB
The fourth session will be devoted to a discussion of the draft document of the UDHRWR.
This second roundtable discussion will identify the creative contributions of Christianity, Jainism, Chinese religions, the Yoruba tradition in Africa and the African diaspora, Islam, and Sikhism to human rights discourse.
Closing Session Speaker: Arvind Sharma Topic: The Rationale for a Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions: Before and After September 11, 2001 Respondents:Dan Cohn-Sherbok (Judaism), Frances Adeney (Christianity), Brian Lepard (Baha'i), H.M. Habib Chirzin (Islam)
Roundtable (90 minutes) Theme: How can Humanity's Religious Traditions Enrich Human Rights Discourse? Panelists: Philip Rossi, S.J. (Christianity), Christopher Chapple (Jainism), John Berthrong (Chinese Religions), Wande Abimbola (Yoruba Religion), Abdulkarim Soroush (Islam), Surjit Singh (Sikhism)
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