30,000+ call on Inter-American Court to affirm religious freedom and parental rights
Are religious freedom and parental rights under threat in Latin America? At least 30,000 citizens in 18 Latin America countries think so.
Published on 31 May 2021
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Church autonomy and parental rights challenged at top human rights court of the Americas
Washington D.C. (10 May 2021) - Will the decisions of parents be respected when it comes to the religious education of their children? The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will...
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Parents push back as French government moves to ban homeschooling
STRASBOURG (17 February 2021) - The French National Assembly have officially voted to rescind the right to freely choose to educated children at home. French educators are now campaigning for...
Published on 16 Feb 2021
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Himmelstrand v. Sweden
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...
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Wunderlich v. Germany
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...
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S v. United Kingdom
What’s at Stake The right of mothers to family life Promoting the best interests of the child Summary The European Convention on Human Rights is clear in its protection of...
Published on 13 Dec 2015
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Hungary (39th Session)
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...
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Greece (39th Session)
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...
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Antigua Barbuda (39th Session)
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 12 May 2021
Recent Commentaries
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Today is the ‘Global Day of Parents’. The United Nations has affirmed that, in celebrating this day, nations around the world should recognise that the family has the primary responsibility for...
Published on 01 Jun 2021The stealthy cancelling of Mummy knows best
Commentary on Conservative Woman by Lizzie Troughton
Published on 25 May 2021This parent’s right to choose home education?
PARENTS in Britain have historically decided the method and manner of their child’s education; it has been in the child’s best interests for parents to make primary decisions about their needs. This freedom...
Published on 16 Apr 2021