History of the project
In November 2009 the Oslo Coalition launched a document of Recommendations for Ground Rules on Missionary Activities. The Ground Rules focused on the “senders” of missionary activities, and sought to establish Human Rights as well as ethical standards of conduct for actors such as missionaries, missionary organizations and other religious actors involved in missionary activities.
The Ground Rules have been translated into Arabic, Bahasa, German, and Russian.
Activities
The project on Missionary Activities and Human Rights sought to explore another perspective of possible conflicts arising out of missionary activities: namely the role of the states in which missionary activities are conducted. It is beyond doubt that missionary activities have led and often lead to social, political and religious tensions in many particular contexts worldwide. As a result of missionary activity, states have often developed legislation to regulate or hinder missionary activities. This project sought to explore the legitimacy of such regulations.
Selected activities
A two days international seminar titled “What are legitimate restrictions on missionary activity toward vulnerable groups?" was arranged at Lysebu in Oslo, October 2014.
Publications:
- The Oslo Coalition for Freedom of Religion or Belief: Groundrules for Missionary Activities. An introduction and overview by Ingunn Folkestad Breiestein
- Recommended Ground Rules for Missionary Activities
- Empfohlene Grundregeln für missionarische Aktivitäten (Ground Rules - German)
- Ketentuan-ketentuan Mendasar untuk Aktivitas-aktivitas misionaris yang Direkomendasikan (Ground Rules - Bahasa)
- Рекомендованные базовые правила для миссионерской деятельности (Ground Rules - Russian)
- القواعد الساسية التي ينصح باتباعها في النشاطات التبشيرية (Ground Rules - Arabic)