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Explore past and upcoming events hosted by AIDLR, arranged by date

Interview To Paulo Macedo, new AIDLR’s Secretary-General

What would be your first remarks after the appointment as AIDLR Secretary-General?There are two key points I would like to emphasize during this coming term: gratitude and responsibility. First of all, gratitude for the foundational idea of defending and promoting...

A Statement by the AIDLR Secretary General on Abuse of Power and Violence and its consequences on racism and religious persecution

Since its inception in 1946, the International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty (AIDLR) has stood up for human rights, freedom of conscience, and religious liberty for all people. The AIDLR assumed the task of gathering all international actors...

Open Letter submitted by the AIDLR Secretary General to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on «COVID-19, GOVERNMENTS’ ABUSE and VULNERABLE PEOPLE»

Dear High Commissioner, Today all the world’s attention is on COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing all aspects of this virus from the science to its political, economic, social and humanitarian consequences. We all live in the midst of the fear of death...

A Letter submitted by the AIDLR Secretary General to The President of the European Commission

On: (1) Continuing of the EU Mandate on FoRB – Dr. JAN FIGEL; What place has the religious freedom in the agenda of European Commission? (2) What measures do the European Commission takes against the countries that use or abuse...

Release of the latest edition of Conscience and Liberty, entitled “Dignity, Rights and Justice for All”

This edition compiles the interventions of the participants of the II Global Summit on Religion, Peace and Security and includes the Roadmap for Implementation – A Summary Report and a recommendation to the UN Action Plan on Hate Speeches. The magazine “Conscience...

H.E. Dr. AHMED SHAHEED, the United Nations SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR on FoRB, talked with the Secretary-General of the AIDLR, at the Palais des Nations, during the HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, on a sensitive discriminatory issue based on religious liberty

On 4th March 2020, during the 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council, the Secretary-General of the AIDLR met with Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. The focus of their discussions was a...