AIDLR
Association International pour la Défense de la Liberté Religieuse, International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty in English, 

is a Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to promoting and defending freedom of conscience, worship, and religion around the world.

Founded in 1946 by Dr. Jean NUSSBAUM assisted by Mrs. Eleanor ROOSEVELT, the first President of the Honorary Committee of the AIDLR.

#FaithforRights Program in Portugal

The #FaithforRights Peer Learning Experience program gathered 25 participants at the Ius Gentium Center for Human Rights, at the University of Coimbra. This initiative, based on the toolkit created by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, aims to explore the intersection of faith and human rights…

Meeting of the AIDLR Country Directors in Brussels

An AIDLR National Directors’ Meeting took place at the AIDLR office in Brussels (Belgium) from 18-21 March, marking the first time that AIDLR National Directors have met in the Belgian capital. For three days they had the opportunity to hear from their colleagues about the challenges each country is facing and the projects they are […]

The Secretary General of AIDLR participates in the colloquium “Religious freedom and freedom of expression” organised by the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic.

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 in an attempt to reflect on these questions that the President of the Assembly of […]

Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights

The International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty (AIDLR) is indelibly and honorably connected to the date, circumstances, context, and spirit of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the late 1940s. During those years, the founder of AIDLR, Jean Nussbaum, met the First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Eleanor […]

Article 18’s Legacy: Promoting universality and indivisibility | Episode 1

Paulo Macedo, Secretary General of the International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty; Dr. Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Professor Silvio Ferrari, Emeritus Professor of Law and Religion participated in the webinar titled “Universal Declaration of Human […]

Posthumous award to H.E. Dr. Jorge Sampaio

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, pluralism of opinion and diversity of thought, human rights and equal opportunities, peace and dialogue […]