Fourth
Parliament of World’s Religions
Barcelona, Spain: July 7-13, 2004
SYMPOSIUM
Religion and Human Rights:
Towards a Universal Declaration of Human Rights
by the World’s Religions
Convened by the
Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, CANADA, and
The Global Ethics
and Religion Forum, USA
Saturday, July 10, 2004 Session I 3:00-4:30 pm
Opening Session (30 minutes)
Moderator:
Joseph Runzo
Executive Director,
Global Ethics and Religion Forum, USA
Introduction
of the Symposium: Reverend Dirk Ficca
Executive Director, Council for the Parliament of World Religions
Video Presentation:
His Holiness, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
An Interview on Human Rights and Peace
Roundtable (60 minutes):
Theme:
How Can Humanity's Religious Traditions Enrich
Human Right Discourse?
Moderator: Arvind Sharma (McGill University, CANADA)
Panelists: Rama Rao Pappu (Hinduism)
Sulak Sivaraksha (Buddhism)
Tu Wei-ming (Confucianism)
Ines M. Talamantez (Native American Religion)
Sunday, July 11, 2004 Session II 9:30-11:00 am
Roundtable II (90 minutes)
Theme: How Can Humanity’s
Religious Traditions Enrich
Human Rights Discourse?
Moderator:
Joseph Runzo
Executive Director, Global Ethics and Religion Forum, USA
Panelists: Philip Rossi, S.J. (Christianity)
Christopher Key Chapple (Jainism)
John Berthrong (Chinese Religions)
Wande Abimbola (Yoruba Religion)
Abdulkarim Soroush (Islam)
Surjit Singh (Sikhism)
Sunday, July 11, 2004 Session III 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Breakout Sessions (90 minutes)
I. Focus: Islam
Session Leaders: Abdulkarim
Soroush
H.M. Habib Chizrin
Irfan Omar
II. Focus : Chinese Traditions
Session Leaders: Tu Wei Ming
Xinzhong Yao
John Berthrong
III. Focus: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Baha'i
Session Leaders: Arvind Sharma
(Hinduism)
David Chappell
(Buddhism)
Brian Lepard (Baha'i)
Sunday, July 11, 2004 Session IV 3:00-4:30 pm
Closing Session (90 minutes)
Moderator: Nancy M. Martin
Associate Director, Global Ethics and Religion Forum, USA
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)