NEW YORK (26 June 2020) – Today marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. ADF International holds a presence in New York and Geneva engaging on...
Published on 26 Jun 2020
SOFIA (15 May 2020) – Today, on the International Day of Families, ADF International submitted a friend of the court brief highlighting the strong protections which exist in international law...
Published on 15 May 2020
STRASBOURG (10 September 2019) – Today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights found that Norway violated the fundamental right to family life through the actions of...
Published on 10 Sep 2019
Swedish family fined and forced to flee home country for choosing to homeschool their autistic daughter What’s at Stake: The right of parents to freely educate their children at home...
Published on 31 Dec 2017
German authorities breach family’s right to homeschool by forcibly removing children from their home What’s at Stake: The right of parents to freely educate their children at home The right...
Published on 05 May 2017
Summary The UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) system is used to assess the human rights situations in all 193 Member States by other Member States. It gives Member States the...
Published on 04 Apr 2017
ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people before national and international institutions. As well as having ECOSOC...
Published on 14 Oct 2019ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people before national and international institutions. As well as having ECOSOC...
Published on 14 Oct 2019ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people before national and international institutions. As well as having ECOSOC...
Published on 25 Jul 2019
ADF International Faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.
Recent Commentaries
View All »Norway’s Barnevernet and The Future of Parental Rights
In recent weeks, it has been reported that the Norwegian authorities have taken permanent custody of three American children from their Christian parents. Natalya Shutakova, a US citizen, and her...
Published on 23 Oct 2019The Wunderlich ruling and Germany’s ban on home-schooling
On 10 January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights handed down a judgement on the case of Wunderlich v Germany. Its implications represent a disastrous challenge to the integrity...
Published on 16 Jan 2019Families charged for pulling children out of school over Pentecost long weekend
- School-aged children are legally obliged to attend school in Germany. And parents who try to take their children out of school without permission, regardless of the reason, face prosecution....
Published on 26 May 2018