ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.
This report explains why Ghana should resist calls to liberalize access to abortion, and instead protect the right to life of all persons, including the unborn. It also calls on Ghana to safeguard parental rights in the implementation of school-based sex education programs.
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.
This report draws attention to the United Kingdom’s (UK) shortcomings in protecting freedom of expression and opinion in public spaces and in promoting the right of parents to educate their children in accordance with their religious and philosophical beliefs.
ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.
This report highlights the special vulnerability to discrimination and social hostility faced by persons belonging to religious minorities in Tunisia, as well as the lack of adequate protection from the authorities for those facing threats to their safety and rights on the basis of their faith. It also draws attention to the concerning situation of freedom of expression in the country.
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.
This report outlines how the Netherlands’ regulation of euthanasia and assisted suicide undermines respect for human dignity and violates the rights to life and to health, particularly of older persons and persons with disabilities. It also highlights how the introduction of so-called “buffer zones” around abortion facilities constitutes an illegitimate restriction on the exercise of the freedoms of expression and assembly.
ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.
This report focuses on the situation of freedom of religion or belief and expression
in Morocco, highlighting the urgent need for measures to ensure their full and effective protection, including particularly for persons belonging to religious minorities.
ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects
fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.
This report highlights the obstacles and dangers that religious minorities face in Indonesia due to both governmental restrictions and interreligious tensions. It also outlines the ways in which freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression are restricted and what the government is required to do to provide relief for those affected.
ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.
This report outlines the continued lack of respect for, and protection of the right to
freedom of religion or belief in India. In particular, it addresses the grave impact of anti-conversion laws, which an increasing number of states across the country have been enacting, on the freedom to adopt and practise a religion of their choice, particularly of those belonging to minority faith groups. Furthermore, this submission stresses the urgent need for the Indian government to increase its efforts to tackle and eradicate the ongoing, widespread practice of sex-selective abortion.
ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.
This report highlights concerns relating to the situation of freedom of religion and
expression in the Kingdom of Bahrain, including the criminalization of blasphemy and
defamation. It also focuses on the ongoing institutionalized discrimination against
Shia Muslims, including through arbitrary arrests of religious leaders as well as
disproportionate restrictions on religious gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.
This report highlights the persecution of religious minorities in Algeria, particularly of
Christians and the Ahmadiyya community. Anti-proselytism and blasphemy laws exist
in Algeria, which undermine the freedom of religion of religious minorities. Additionally, the Algerian authorities require non-Muslim religious groups and places of worship to be registered with governmental authorities. These registration requirements have been used to discriminate against religious minorities and shut down Christian churches.
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