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Dr. Lidia Rieder

LEGAL OFFICER, EUROPE

Dr. Lidia Rieder arbeitet als Legal Officer bei ADF International am Hauptsitz in Wien. Als Juristin ist sie auf Völkerrecht spezialisiert und insbesondere in den Bereichen Religionsfreiheit, sowie Redefreiheit und Schutz der Familie tätig.

Dr. Lidia Rieder arbeitet als Legal Officer bei ADF International am Hauptsitz in Wien. Als Juristin ist sie auf Völkerrecht spezialisiert und insbesondere in den Bereichen Religionsfreiheit, sowie Redefreiheit und Schutz der Familie tätig.

Dr. Lidia Rieder befasst sich mit Erstellung von Hintergrundinformationen, Recherchen, und Rechtsanalysen. Ihre Hauptfachgebiete sind Beratung in Völkerrechts- und Grundrechtsfragen, Begleitung von Mandanten vor dem Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte, sowie Zusammenarbeit mit externen Anwälten. 

Vor ihrer Tätigkeit bei ADF International war Rieder als Praktikantin beim United Nations Register of Damage in Wien tätig. Außerdem arbeitete sie bei Handels- und Regierungsorganisationen, sowie als Juristin in Minsk, Hamburg, Berlin, Brüssel und Wien. Sie spricht fließend Englisch, Deutsch und Russisch. 

Rieder schloss ihr Jurastudium 2008 in Minsk ab. Daraufhin ging sie nach Bremen, wo sie 2010 einen LL.M. in International and European Law erwarb und 2018 mit einer Völkerrechtlichen Arbeit zum Dr. iur promoviert wurde. Sie ist Altstipendiatin der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. 

Statement of Faith

Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time and around the world the faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

Adah

Adah had to flee her home after being threatened by her family for her conversion and obtained a protective order in another state.

Pastor Ezekiel

Pastor Ezekiel was captured and tortured by unidentified men for two weeks in February 2024, and then handed over to the police, who released him.

David

David was captured and tortured by unidentified men for two weeks in February 2024, and then handed over to the police, who charged him with kidnapping and obtained a conviction without a lawyer in 3 days. In July, the High Court in Northern Nigeria overturned his wrongful conviction. He is now free.

Naomi

Naomi had to flee her home after being threatened by her family for her conversion, and obtained a protective order in another state.

Rhoda Jatau

Nigerian Christian mother of 5, Rhoda Jatau, has been acquitted after being imprisoned for 19-months for allegedly sharing a video on WhatsApp.

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