{"id":420,"date":"2025-09-03T16:27:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derecho-religion-uc.localhost\/who-we-are\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:12:46","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/derechoyreligion-uc.urantiacos.cl\/en\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity uc-hr mb-60 mt-24\"\/>\n\n<div class=\"row  core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 \">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-3 mb-32 side-menu-container  \"><div class=\"lazyblock-menu-lateral-izquierdo-1V1ypU wp-block-lazyblock-menu-lateral-izquierdo\"><div class=\"uc-subtitle mb-4\">Related Pages<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"nav uc-navbar-side\">\n    \n      <li class=\"\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/derechoyreligion-uc.urantiacos.cl\/en\/who-we-are\/\" class=\"uc-navbar-side_label  \"> Introduction <i class=\"uc-icon\">keyboard_arrow_right<\/i><\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      \n      <li class=\"\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/derechoyreligion-uc.urantiacos.cl\/en\/who-we-are\/introduction\/\" class=\"uc-navbar-side_label  \"> Mission <i class=\"uc-icon\">keyboard_arrow_right<\/i><\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      \n      <li class=\"\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/derechoyreligion-uc.urantiacos.cl\/en\/who-we-are\/objectives\/\" class=\"uc-navbar-side_label  \"> Objectives <i class=\"uc-icon\">keyboard_arrow_right<\/i><\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      \n      <li class=\"\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/derechoyreligion-uc.urantiacos.cl\/en\/who-we-are\/main-areas\/\" class=\"uc-navbar-side_label  \"> Main Areas <i class=\"uc-icon\">keyboard_arrow_right<\/i><\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      \n      <li class=\"\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/derechoyreligion-uc.urantiacos.cl\/en\/who-we-are\/center-structure\/\" class=\"uc-navbar-side_label  \"> Center Structure <i class=\"uc-icon\">keyboard_arrow_right<\/i><\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      \n      <li class=\"\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/derechoyreligion-uc.urantiacos.cl\/en\/who-we-are\/team\/\" class=\"uc-navbar-side_label  \"> Team <i class=\"uc-icon\">keyboard_arrow_right<\/i><\/a>\n      <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-9 mb-32  \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  uc-title mb-24\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UC Law and Religion Center (known until 2015 as the Center for Religious Freedom \u2013 CELIR UC-) was established by the Faculty of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 2005, with the aim of promoting the study of the fundamental right to religious freedom as a guiding principle of the Rule of Law. 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