International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

In the modern world, the death of people at the hands of terrorists, the death of victims of violence on religious grounds occurs constantly. History is familiar with a large number of negative examples of the death of people caused by the religious beliefs of ardent fanatics. Mass confrontation between people (Catholics and Protestants, Muslims and Christians, persecution of Jews) often arose on the basis of religion, racial differences, political and social grounds. The victims of such confrontations were not only inveterate fanatics and political figures, but also people completely uninvolved in the events - children, old people, women. In May 2019, the UN General Assembly established the International Day of Remembrance for Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. This memorable date is celebrated on August 22. The memorial date is a response to the bloody events of recent years, rampant terrorism, massacres of civilians, and religious fundamentalism. By approving a new memorial date, the UN Assembly calls on all government and public figures, all states and public organizations, representatives of all religions to remember on this day the religious and racial genocide, to remember all the victims and victims of terrorists, all innocent people who died in the crater of religious beliefs. This UN resolution also contains a provision on the joint work of all states to protect civilians from religiously motivated crimes. Religious intolerance in the last decades of the last century, and from the beginning to the present day of the present century, has acquired unprecedented proportions. The UN General Assembly has created a special platform to which all information about unauthorized actions of religious fanatics or persecution based on religious beliefs flows. This platform will help identify religious criminals and make it possible to develop a plan to prevent religious terrorism in the future. The UN Assembly invites all representatives of religious concessions to openly and constructively discuss the solution to this global problem. Free expression of one's opinion and free choice of any religion is an inalienable and inseparable human right. These rights are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; discrimination on religious grounds is unacceptable. An open dialogue between all state and public organizations and religious figures will make it possible in the future to prevent terrorism and fundamental fanaticism on religious and racial grounds.