Luxembourg (43rd Session)

This report denounces the incompatibility of Luxembourg’s regulation of euthanasia and assisted suicide with the State’s basic obligation to protect the equal right to life of all persons. In particular, it highlights the inevitable subjectivity in the assessment of what constitutes ‘unbearable physical or mental suffering’ under the law and the challenges faced by medical professionals in the exercise of their right to conscientious objection in this regard.

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Israel (43rd Session)

This report examines the discriminatory impact of laws and policies relating to the registration of religious groups and the ownership of religious property and heritage sites. This report also outlines the rising trend of social hostility faced by Christians within the country.

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France (43rd Session)

This report illustrates the state of homeschooling in France, highlighting that the restrictions on home education resulting from the enactment of the 2021 Anti-Separatism Bill violate France’s obligations to respect freedom of education and parental rights under international human rights law.

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Guatemala (42nd Session)

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Guatemala (42nd Session)

ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. This submission raises concerns with Guatemala’s Law Against Femicide and other Forms of Violence Against Women, whose overbroad definition of ‘psychological violence’ opens the door to arbitrary and unjustified restrictions of freedom of expression. Furthermore, the report highlights the need to strengthen maternal health care, particularly in rural areas, to tackle Guatemala’s high maternal mortality rate while remaining steadfast in its commitment to protecting and promoting the right to life.

Sri Lanka (42nd Session)

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Sri Lanka (42nd Session)

ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. This report outlines the continued lack of respect for the rights to freedom of religion or belief and expression in Sri Lanka. In particular, it raises serious concerns over laws and policies discriminating against religious minorities, as well as the lack of legal protection for non-coercive forms of proselytism. Furthermore, it addresses the grave impact of increasing mob violence and hostility towards religious minorities, including Christian and Muslim communities, and related impunity.

Pakistan (42nd Session)

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Pakistan (42nd Session)

ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. This report highlights the ongoing violations of freedom of religion and expression in Pakistan resulting, inter alia, from laws criminalizing blasphemy and defamation as well as from the increasing social hostility and mob violence directed against persons belonging to religious minorities. It also draws attention to a worrying trend in abductions with the purpose of forced conversion of women and children, often in connection with a forced marriage.

Peru (42nd Session)

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Peru (42nd Session)

ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. This report highlights the burdensome restrictions on freedom of religion or belief imposed by the government in its attempts to curb the effects of the Covid-19 crisis. It also discusses why Peru should continue to respect the right to life and resist calls to liberalize its abortion laws amidst its high maternal mortality rate.

Argentina (42nd Session)

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Argentina (42nd Session)

ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. This submission illustrates the status of homeschooling in Argentina and the unjustified restrictions, both in law and practice, on the right of parents to choose the appropriate kind of education for their children. Furthermore, it expresses concern over the threat posed by Argentina’s recently adopted abortion law to the freedom of conscience of medical professionals.

Switzerland (42nd Session)

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Switzerland (42nd Session)

ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. This report outlines how the permissibility of assisted suicide in Switzerland stands in flagrant violation of both the values enshrined in the Swiss Constitution and international human rights, including the principles of equality and non-discrimination. Assisted suicide is an affront to human dignity and violates the rights of persons in situations of vulnerability. Furthermore, the report identifies the inadequate provision of palliative care, suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention resources and programs, the for-profit nature of the healthcare sector, and the role of media as key factors contributing to increasing suicide rates in the country.

Ghana (42nd Session)

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Ghana (42nd Session)

ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. This report outlines how the permissibility of assisted suicide in Switzerland stands in flagrant violation of both the values enshrined in the Swiss Constitution and international human rights, including the principles of equality and non-discrimination. Assisted suicide is an affront to human dignity and violates the rights of persons in situations of vulnerability. Furthermore, the report identifies the inadequate provision of palliative care, suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention resources and programs, the for-profit nature of the healthcare sector, and the role of media as key factors contributing to increasing suicide rates in the country.