Conscience & Liberty 2026: Toledo Hosts Landmark Conference on Religious Freedom at a Pivotal Moment for Human Rights
Against the historic backdrop of one of Europe’s most celebrated cities of interreligious coexistence, the International Association for the Defence of Religious Liberty (AIDLR) convenes its Conscience & Liberty 2026 Conference in Toledo, Spain, from 24 to 26 March 2026. The conference, titled “A New Era in Human Rights? Impacts on Freedom of Religion and Belief,” brings […]
Experts Convene in Toledo for AIDLR Consultative Meeting on Religious Freedom
Toledo, Spain – From March 17 to 19, the International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty (AIDLR) hosted a high-level consultative meeting in Toledo […]
2024 Edition of Conscience and Liberty “THE CONTINUOUS REFINEMENT OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM”
We are EPRID – the European Platform against Religious Intolerance and Discrimination. EPRID is a network of civil society organisations and religious bodies engaging with the European institutions in Brussels […]
#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 […]
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 […]
AIDLR participates in the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) Experts Meeting 2022
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 Sexuality and Gender: Irreconcilable Differences and/or Spaces for Conversations?”. During the three days of the […]