PROMOTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FROM THE OUTSKIRTS OF EUROPE

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Notes

1. All quotes were originally in Norwegian and have been translated to English by the authors.

2. By 2012, according to Pew, this number had risen to 76 percent of the world's population.

3. Copts are an Orthodox Christian denomination with roots back to the 1^st century in Egypt. The authors use the term Copt to include all Christians in Egypt.

4. Per May 2014.

5. Ambassador Neple moved on to new challenges in the MFA system in 2013, and was replaced by Ambassador Petter Wille.

6. This is not an exhaustive list of guidelines produced by the MFA.

7. As of May 2014.

8. For more information, see Gladstone (2014).

Additional information

Kristin Storaker is a Human Rights Advisor at Stefanus Alliance International, a faith-based human rights organization with a focus on international Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), based in Oslo, Norway. She works with the promotion and protection of FoRB, especially for religious minorities under pressure, most recently in Myanmar and India. She received an M.Sc. in International Public Policy from University College London in 2011.

Ed Brown is Head of Department, Human Rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) at Stefanus Alliance International. He has been working in the field of FoRB since 2001 and has led this work at Stefanus Alliance International since 2005. He has studied Psychology, Education, Religion and Christian Theology, as well as Human Rights