Assessing International Religious Freedom

Conference Call — June 5, 2013 — min

Assessing International Religious Freedom

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The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom's (USCIRF) Katrina Lantos Swett and Elizabeth K. Cassidy discuss USCIRF's 2013 Annual Report, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.

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Speakers

Katrina Lantos Swett

Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Elizabeth K. Cassidy

Deputy Director for Policy and Research, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Moderators

Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

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