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Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on 'U.S. Presidency of the G20–An Opportunity to Champion Human Rights". This hearing will explore how the Trump administration can elevate human rights issues in connection with the G20 presidency. Witnesses will weigh the merits of mechanisms for the promotion of the right to freedom of religion or belief, such as the Religion 20 (R20) and the G20 Interfaith Forum. These fora invite senior religious leaders and scholars, interfaith organizations, and civil society actors to address global challenges, including religious extremism, persecution of religious minorities, identity-based violence, poverty, displacement, and threats to human rights posed by AI. In connection with this, the hearing will examine the experience of Indonesia, which organized an R20 in conjunction with its 2022 presidency of the G20. Other issues to be considered are media freedom and freedom of speech, which are under regulatory threat in some G20 countries, and wealth inequality, which implicates both civil and political and economic and social rights. Witnesses will discuss how the G20 can most effectively address these issues and offer recommendations for U.S. policy. Please read the full hearing notice here: humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/hearings/us-presidency-g20-opportunity-champion-human-rights
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on 'U.S. Presidency of the G20–An Opportunity to Champion Human Rights". This hearing will explore how the Trump administration can elevate human rights issues in connection with the G20 presidency. Witnesses will weigh the merits of mechanisms for the promotion of the right to freedom of religion or belief, such as the Religion 20 (R20) and the G20 Interfaith Forum. These fora invite senior religious leaders and scholars, interfaith organizations, and civil society actors to address global challenges, including religious extremism, persecution of religious minorities, identity-based violence, poverty, displacement, and threats to human rights posed by AI. In connection with this, the hearing will examine the experience of Indonesia, which organized an R20 in conjunction with its 2022 presidency of the G20. Other issues to be considered are media freedom and freedom of speech, which are under regulatory threat in some G20 countries, and wealth inequality, which implicates both civil and political and economic and social rights. Witnesses will discuss how the G20 can most effectively address these issues and offer recommendations for U.S. policy. Please read the full hearing notice here: humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/hearings/us-presidency-g20-opportunity-champion-human-rights
