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 2019STRASBOURG (5 July 2019) – Does a government have the right to take children away from their families without sufficient reason? On 4 July, ADF International filed an intervention in...
Published on 05 Jul 2019
DARMSTADT/VIENNA (2 July 2019) – Today, a court in Darmstadt, Germany handed down its ruling concerning the Wunderlich family and their wish to homeschool their children. The court ruled that...
Published on 01 Jul 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.
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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