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The International Association for the Defence of Religious Liberty promotes tolerance, human rights, and freedom of belief for every person, everywhere.
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The relationship between Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion is a current, pertinent, sometimes worrying, but inexhaustible topic. How can these two fundamental rights coexist and maintain the delicate balance between protecting individual rights and respecting religious diversity? It was...
On February 8, 2023, the International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty (AIDLR) posthumously awarded the “Jean Nussbaum & Eleanor Roosevelt Award” to His Excellency Dr. Jorge Sampaio, in recognition of his action in defense and promotion of freedom,...
From 26 to 29 September 2022 the Group of Experts of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA), headquarters in Washington, USA met in Lisbon, Portugal, to discuss the sensitive and current topic of “Religious Freedom in Light of Modern Conceptions of...
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