Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers
pour la Liberté de Conscience
(CAP Freedom of Conscience)
NGO with ECOSOC consultative status at the United Nations
Registration on EU Transparency Register 628479527756-78
Civil society platform of Fundamental Rights created by the EU FRA
French non-benefit association register : W751082307
Member : European Federation for Freedom Of Belief – FOB
Member : Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations – ConGo
Advisory Board : International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue
Advisory committee : New Generation Uniting Nations
2024 Friends of Falun Gong Human Rights Award
DAFOH Partners in Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting
Contact : contact@coordiap.com
phone : +336 70 66 04 42
CAP Liberté de Conscience – 117, rue de Charenton – 75012 – France
What is “Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience” (CAP Freedom of Conscience)?
CAP Freedom of Conscience is a secular European NGO with United Nations Consultative Status, created in 1995 and dedicated to protect the Right of Freedom of Religion and Belief.
CAP Freedom of Conscience combats all forms of discrimination based on religion or belief by alerting European and International bodies.
CAP Freedom of Conscience collects testimonies of discrimination and human rights violations affecting religious or belief communities in order to disseminate them to international bodies, and in order to raise awareness and inform them as well as to generate debate on the protection of Freedom of Religion and Belief.
CAP Freedom of Conscience also advocates for any religious or spiritual group facing discrimination to have their right to Freedom of Religion and Belief recognized.
CAP Freedom of Conscience is a member of the European Federation for Freedom of Belief (FOB), European Network Of Religion and Belief (ENORB) and participate to the Civil Society Platform of Fundamental Rights created by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.
CAP LC General Assembly report 2021
CAP FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE SUPPORT :
FoRB Roundtable Brussels-EU
https://www.forbroundtable.org/
The FoRB Roundtable Brussels-EU is an informal group of individuals from civil society who gather regularly to discuss FoRB issues on a non-attribution basis. It is simply a safe space where participants gather, speak freely in sharing ideas and information, and propose joint advocacy actions to address specific FoRB issues and problems globally.
Eighty Years On, the Promise of 1946 Remains a Dead Letter: CAP Freedom of Conscience Challenges France at the Human Rights Council
On Thursday 1 October 2026, during the general debate under Item 9 of the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, devoted to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, Christine Mirre, Vice President of CAP Freedom of Conscience, delivered a statement on behalf of the Coordination of Associations and Individuals for Freedom of Conscience,
HRC 63 Item 9 : Daughter’s Plea to the Human Rights Council: Free Idris Khattak
On Thursday 1 October 2026, during the general debate under Item 9 of the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, devoted to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, Talia Khan Khattak took the floor to appeal for the release of her father, Idris Khattak, a well-known Pashtun human rights defender from Pakistan.
EU Commission pulls out of Ventotene democracy conference after Taiwan’s vice-president attends
The European Commission reportedly withdrew from the 2nd European Ventotene Conference for Freedom and Democracy (10–12 September 2026) after Taiwan’s Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim made a surprise appearance. The event was organised by the European Parliament on the Italian island where the Ventotene Manifesto, a founding text of European federalism, was written. Hsiao attended with Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung, and her visit was kept secret until the last minute for security reasons.
International Day of Non-Violence: The Courage to Choose Dialogue
On 2 October, the world marks the International Day of Non-Violence, observed each year on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Established by United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/61/271, adopted on 15 June 2007, the day honours the life and legacy of the man who demonstrated that moral force can overcome oppression.
Faith in the Balance: Denmark’s UPR Outcome Adopted at HRC 63
Two hundred and sixty-five recommendations, one hundred and seventy-four accepted, ninety-one merely noted. On paper, Denmark’s fourth Universal Periodic Review ended in September 2026 the way most Western reviews do: with broad acceptance and polite applause. Yet the most telling sentence of the adoption session may not belong to any state. It came from a humanist organization, which observed that not one of the 265 recommendations addressed the place of non-religious life stances in Danish law. In a session where religion, belief and belonging dominated much of the floor, that silence said as much as the speeches.
The Quietest Violation: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at HRC 63
“Arbitrary detention is the quietest of violations. There is no explosion, no headline. A door simply closes and a person disappears from their work, from their family, from public life.”