Why attend the 7th World Congress?

• Enjoy three days of stimulating presentations from some of the world's leading experts in the field of religious liberty.
• Make valuable contacts. Meet and talk with academics, government officials, religious leaders, lawyers, and others from around the globe who care about religious freedom.
• Expand your knowledge of current legal, political and social trends, and access a wealth of practical resources.
• Experience the beautiful beachside location of one of the Dominican Republic's premier "all-inclusive" resorts, the Barceló Bávaro Beach Resort.
• Participate in the largest World Congress to date, and the first to be held in Inter-America. Don't miss the opportunity to be a part of this historic event.

Purpose of the Congress

• To promote a better understanding of religious freedom in the context of a secular society.

• To study the interaction of the practice of religious freedom and secular society from a holistic perspective, taking into account a wide range of disciplines including theology, law, history, political science, and philosophy.
• To examine ways of reaffirming the commitment to maintaining religious freedom as enunciated in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• To explore strategies for sharing the importance of maintaining the religious freedom of the individual.
• To prepare a statement on Religious Freedom in Secular Societies.