LET US WORSHIP: Scottish government has less than a week to respond to new legal challenge on church closures
EDINBURGH (16 February 2021) – A Glasgow priest has launched legal action against Covid-19 related church...
Published on 17 Feb 2021
Recent news
View All »-
news
-
news
A step in the right direction for free speech on campus
LONDON (16 February 2021) - Today, the Department for Education released a report titled “Higher Education: Free Speech and Academic Freedom”, which recognises the harmful effects of censorship at UK...
Published on 16 Feb 2021 -
news
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
Recent Legal Matters
View All »-
legal
Mortier v. Belgium
Belgium’s liberal euthanasia laws challenged before European Court What’s at Stake: Promoting the right to life from conception to natural death Protecting the weak and vulnerable in society Summary: Nothing...
Published on 07 Nov 2017 -
legal
Vitaliy Bak v. Russia
House church not allowed to worship What’s at Stake: Religious freedom The right to practice one’s faith freely in communion with others at a suitable place of one’s choosing Summary...
Published on 10 Mar 2020 -
legal
Altınkaynak and Others v. Turkey
Turkey defies European Convention on Human Rights by discriminating against Christians What’s at Stake The right to freedom of association for religious foundations and organizations. Summary Turkey ratified the European...
Published on 14 Mar 2014
Recent Campaigns
View All »-
campaign
Let Us Pray
In a free society, everyone should have the freedom to share their deeply held beliefs without fear of censorship.
Published on 03 Feb 2021 -
campaign
Christianity in the Workplace
These resources provide employers with insight on how Christian beliefs might manifest in the workplace, as well as exploring and analysing the relevant law in the area. They aim to...
Published on 17 Mar 2020 -
campaign
Protect Free Speech
In a free society, everyone should have the freedom to share their deeply held beliefs without fear of censorship.
Published on 04 Mar 2020
Recent Resources
View All »-
resource
Rede Frei!
Die Broschüre ist in Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Evangelischen Allianz in Deutschland, der Juristenvereinigung Christ und Jurist e.V. und ADF International entstanden. Sie möchte ein Praxisleitfaden zu den deutschen und europäischen Gesetzen zum Schutz...
Published on 06 Oct 2020 -
resource
Enforcing ECHR Judgments
Engaging with the European Court of Human Rights Should Not End with Reading the Judgment
Published on 28 Sep 2020 -
resource
Freedom of Conscience
The right to freedom of conscience protects the right to live in accordance with our deeply held beliefs. Despite being protected by every major human rights treaty, this right is...
Published on 10 Sep 2020
Recent Commentaries
View All »Free to Disagree? Free Speech in the Age of ‘Cancel Culture’ and ‘Hate Speech’ Laws
Between 1929 and 1939, the 20th century’s ‘indispensable man’ was cast out into what has been called his ‘wilderness years’. The man who would—more than any other—pull western civilization from the brink of collapse was on...
Published on 05 Feb 2021How should Christians respond to the Scottish worship ban?
This week, it struck me that leaders from the Church of Scotland, the Free Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) have made a united public stand....
Published on 05 Feb 2021The human right to worship is being denied
The most recent lockdown in England enacted by Boris Johnson excluded churches. This shows that freedom of worship sits in a different category to other activities and needs special protection....
Published on 21 Jan 2021