The International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) was founded in 2005 to promote #ReligiousFreedom for all faiths from an academic perspective.
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‼️ Rigorous and Practical
➡️ Researchers using the Violent Incidents Database: Marcela Szymanski
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📄 IIRF Reports Vol. 15 – 2026/22
🇳🇬 Disaggregating Chaos: Analyzing Nigeria’s Four Patterns of Violence
➡️ Kyle Wisdom takes a deep dive into the VID data on Nigeria to analyze the deeper patterns of violent incidents: iirf.global/?p=7395
‼️ Territorial Analysis
➡️ Researchers using the Violent Incidents Database: Martha Inés Alarcón Carrera
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🇰🇬 The President of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), Thomas Schirrmacher, visited Kyrgyzstan, with a particular focus on the situation of the country’s indigenous people: bonn-profiles.net/?p=12772
‼️ Why Incident-Level Data Matters
➡️ Researchers using the Violent Incidents Database: Dr. Ariel Zellman
‼️2026–2027 institutional subscription cycle is now open!
➡️ Violent Incidents Database: iirf.global/vid/
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Thomas Schirrmacher, President of @IS_HumanRights and @IIRF_ceo, met in Berlin with Dilshad Barzani, the representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Germany, at his office near the German Bundestag for an in-depth discussion: bonn-profiles.net/?p=12701
Data that cannot be ignored: Remarks at the CoptWatch launch. A new religious freedom effort in Egypt builds on the IIRF’s work: iirf.global/?p=7257
The abduction and forced marriage of girls as a weapon against minorities – Human rights activists are calling for greater commitment and protection for Christians in Egypt: iirf.global/?p=7209
The president of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), Thomas Schirrmacher, represented the EU Religious Freedom Roundtable in Brussels at the International Religious Freedom Roundtable in Washington, D.C. iirf.global/?p=7198
📄 Foundations for the Protection of the Autonomy of Religious Associations
🇿🇦 A Response to Regulatory Ambitions in South Africa
➡️ Download IIRF Reports Vol. 15 – 2026/11: iirf.global/?p=7091
🇿🇦 BQ 920 – 25/2026: IIRF Cape Town engages in the debate on regulation of religion in South Africa
📄A Response to Regulatory Ambitions in South Africa
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Is Human Dignity Earned or Is Human Dignity a Gift? – Metaphysics and Justifying Human Rights
📄New IIRF Report by Thomas K. Johnson: iirf.global/?p=7079
A word to the critics of the World Watch List – and a way forward by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher: iirf.global/?p=6890
“Freedom of religion is the first human right. If we are allowed to practise our religion or openly reject any religion, then everything else falls into place.”
IIRF published new book on religious freedom: iirf.global/?p=6932
The International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) mourns the loss of Prof. Dr. Pieter Coertzen, a distinguished South African theologian and church law expert from Stellenbosch, who passed away on 11 March 2026: iirf.global/?p=7055
🇮🇳🇵🇰 Christianity in Punjab: History and Challenges
This report examines the historical development and contemporary presence of Christianity in Punjab.
🔗 Read the full report at iirf.global/?p=6855
📑 Vol. 18 No. 2 (2025): Religious freedom and measures of tolerance
➡️ The latest volume of the International Journal for Religious Freedom is published and can be downloaded at ijrf.org/index.php/home/issu…
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