Ealing Censorship Zone to be reviewed by UK Court of Appeal
LONDON (9 January 2019) – The Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal a High Court decision that...
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‘Down Syndrome is becoming a death sentence’
- Side event at UN in Geneva promoting equality of people with Down Syndrome - Increasingly widespread prenatal blood test condemned as ‘eugenic’ by human rights campaigners GENEVA – On 20th March 2017, the eve of World Down Syndrome Day, the Jerome Lejeune Foundation, Downpride, the Permanent Representation of the Order of Malta to the UN, and ADF International hosted a...
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Commemorating 10 December 1948: 70 years on, human dignity still under threat
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70 years of human rights declaration: UN event advocates for right to life
GENEVA (4 December 2018) – On 3 December, the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy...
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UN HRC ICCPR Article 6
ADF International filed a submission with the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) while it was preparing guidance on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,...
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Universal Periodic Review Submissions
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Shioshvili v. Russia
Right to life of unborn children Lia Shioshvili, a Georgian national who moved to Russia with her four children in 2003, could not have known that her fifth pregnancy would...
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#VanishingGirls
Every year in India, baby girls are killed simply for being girls. In recent years, 19 million have died through abortion or by being killed just after birth. The problem...
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Stop Discriminating Down
GENEVA – On 20th March 2017, the eve of World Down Syndrome Day, the Jerome Lejeune Foundation, Downpride, the Permanent Representation of the Order of Malta to the UN,...
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Leaving No One Behind
On 4 September 2016 in Rome, Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint. In celebration of this event, the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United...
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Côte D’Ivoire (33rd Session)
ADF International is a global alliance-building legal organization that advocates for religious freedom, life, and marriage and family before national and international institutions. As well as having ECOSOC consultative...
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Slovakia (32nd Session)
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New Zealand (32nd Session)
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Al analizar diversas iniciativas para promover y legalizar el aborto en América Latina, queda claro que existe una agenda...
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Public spaces protection orders used against pro-life campaigners are ripe for a legal challenge, Laurence...
Read moreAn Ideological Agenda for Developing Countries-A Review of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2018 in Newsweek
What do rural women and girls need in order to rise above poverty? Elyssa Koren* addresses...
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