Founded in 1946 by Dr. Jean NUSSBAUM assisted by Mrs. Eleanor ROOSEVELT, the first President of Honorary Committee of the AIDLR.
A Non-governmental organization with participatory status to the United Nations (UN), ECOSOC Committee in New York and Geneva, in the Council of Europe (CoE) in Strasbourg and to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Warsaw.

The AIDLR Secretary General’ Speech at the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva & Other Actions of the International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty (AIDLR) On Concerned ‘Religious Freedom Law’ of Bulgarian Parliament

On November 2018 at the ‘United Nations Forum on Minority Issues’, Dr. Liviu Olteanu, the Secretary General of the AIDLR took the floor and talked on concern issue of freedom of religion law which is proposed by the Bulgarian Parliament. Under title “Not being respected dignity and rights of religious minorities, they can feel in […]

Interview realized by Dr. Liviu OLTEANU with H.E. Dr. Ahmed SHAHEED, the Unites Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB)

His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Shaheed – with a strong expertise on diplomacy, human rights and religious freedom – is the current Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the United Nations. He offered recently to Dr. Liviu Olteanu, the Secretary General of the AIDLR a consistent, important and exclusive interview, where underlines and […]

H.E. Adama Dieng, is the new President of Honorary Committee of the International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty – Association international pour la defense de la liberte religieuse (AIDLR) from Bern Switzerland.

Since May 2018, H.E. ADAMA DIENG, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, is the new AIDLR Honorary Committee President. He succeeds Ms. Mary ROBINSON who has been the last President of the Honorary Committee of the AIDLR since 2002. Adama Dieng´s Biography: On […]

The AIDLR have recorded 2 TV Program Debates at the European Parliament TV of Brussels

Titled “Do Europe face challenges and risk on Religion Freedom?” and “Religious liberty Today: Trends and attitudes” respectively. The first Debate entitled “Do Europe face challenges and risk on Religion Freedom?” was attended by Guinara AKHUNDOVA, Head of Global Response Department of International Media Support from Denmark, Revd. Bonnie EVANS-HILLS, Church of England from Leicester […]

Celebrating 500 Years of Reformation

How Can this Legacy Positively Shape the Future of the EU? The following press release has been delivered by the Secretary General of the AIDLR during the event organized on Tuesday 17th October 2017 at the European Parliament in Brussels by MEP HANNU TAKKULA. With the participation of European Parliament politicians: MEP CSABA SÓGOR, MEP […]

Institutional dialogue with NGO representatives, scholars and religious actors during the Conferences on «Governments and NGOs: Together against radicalization» and «Challenges Today and Tomorrow» held at the United Nations in Vienna.

During the NGO Conferences in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations on « Governments and NGOs: Together against radicalization» and «Challenges Today and Tomorrow» held in Vienna on 12 October 2017, The Secretary General of the AIDLR in his dialogue with CYRIL RITCHIE – CoNGO President and Dr. WOLFGANG BEIGLBOECK – CoNGO Vice Presidence, spoke […]