It is a privilege to be here for my annual interactive dialogue with you on issues relating to my mandate as Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. The thematic focus of my interim report is on the right to conversion. I have divided my observations in this broad field into four subcategories: (1) the right to conversion (in the sense of changing one’s own religion or belief); (2) the right not to be forced to convert; (3) the right to try to convert others by means of non-coercive…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 25 October 2012. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
