Marie Juul Petersen
Marie Juul Petersen is a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
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Blasphemy laws and human rights: a match made in hell
By: Marie Juul Petersen
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There are few indications that blasphemy laws are effective in hindering discrimination, conflict, and violence; in fact, the opposite may very well be the case.

Will COVID-19 increase religious hostilities and discrimination?
By: Marie Juul Petersen & Claire Thomas & Sajjad Hassan
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COVID-19 and its impacts may hit some religious minorities disproportionately hard, exacerbating economic inequalities, social hostilities and discrimination.

Promoting freedom of religion or belief – key lessons
By: Marie Juul Petersen & Katherine Marshall
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Freedom of religion or belief is rightly gaining more attention, but steps to promote this right need to be anchored in international standards, locally relevant ...

Muslim NGOs, aid, and human rights
By: Marie Juul Petersen
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Drawing on studies of Muslim aid organisations in Britain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan and Bangladesh, the author explores how these organisations do and don’t ...