Graham Speaks With Council on Foreign Relations Regarding "Defamation of Religions"

Mar 10, 2009

Today (March 10, 2009), L. Bennett Graham, International Programs Officer for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, appeared on a podcast from the Council on Foreign Relations. Toni Johnson of the Council on Foreign Relations interviewed Graham on the implications of the “defamation of religions” resolution which passed in the United Nations General Assembly late last year. The podcast is available here.

Graham is currently attending the 10th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council where “defamation of religions” resolutions have passed every year since 1999. Graham has also helped organize the Geneva Summit for Democracy, Tolerance, and Human Rights, a one day conference to explore ways to combat racism and genocide. The summit will take place on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as on the eve of the United Nations Durban Review Conference. At the summit, the Becket Fund hopes to bring attention to the many problems of “defamation of religions” resolutions.

The Washington-based Becket Fund is a nonpartisan interfaith public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions.