Religious Freedom is interconnected with human rights and sustainable development goals. But the relationship between the concepts is often overlooked, with religious freedom long being absent from policy conversations on international development. Experts address this discrepancy, discussing how to understand the mutually defining relationship between the right to development and the right to religious freedom.
FEATURING:
Msgr. Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo, under-secretary, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Holy See
Prof. Fabio Petito, professor of religion & international affairs, University of Sussex, UK/Italy
Amb. Robert Řehák, chair of the international religious freedom or belief alliance, Czech Republic
HH Khaleefa Muhammadu Sanusi II, 14th rmir of kano & grand khaleefa of the tijjaniya sufi order, Nigeria
INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS:
HE Count Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo, grand chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of  Malta
MODERATOR:
Alison Hillard, senior program director, Wilton Park, UK