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A Retrospective: 25th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act
On the eve of the 21st century, members of Congress made a deliberate and unanimous choice to stand as beacons for the most fundamental of all human rights. Passage of the landmark International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) in 1998 sought to underscore America’s centuries-old commitment to the freedom of religion or belief and codify its importance within U.S. foreign policy.
To commemorate 25 years since the passage of IRFA, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (itself created with the passage of IRFA) sponsored an update to the historical account prepared five years earlier (see below). This special anniversary edition of A Retrospective: 25th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act features candid conversations and observations about the effectiveness of IRFA — what has worked and what has fallen short, the mistakes and the milestones. It includes the voices of IRF participants who helped craft, implement, measure and refine IRFA. The Retrospective is a historical memory of the process for creating a law whose aim was to promote and protect religious freedom for all people, in all nations, of all faiths or not faith at all. View the retrospective in PDF version here.
The 20th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act: A Retrospective
The original IRFA historical narrative—The 20th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act: A Retrospective—was a legacy project of 21Wilberforce, a Christian human rights organization dedicated to defending the universal rights of religion, belief, and conscience for all people. View the original retrospective in either PDF or flipbook version below.
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