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    • OSCE | Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: Policy Guidance
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    • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (effective 1976, U.N. Resolution)
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    • Potomac Declaration (2018, U.S. State Department hosted Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom)
    • Rabat Plan of Action (2012, UN OHCHR)
    • Marrakesh Declaration (2016, Muslim religious leaders, heads of state, and scholars)
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