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ADF International Belgium

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20/08/2010 19:09:49

06/03/2024 14:26:28

06/03/2025

    Applicant/registrant: organisation or self-employed individual

ADF International Belgium

ADFI

ASBL

    Category of registration

Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

    Head office

Reisnerstrasse 40/3.OG

1030

Wien

AUSTRIA

(+43) 19049555

    Office in charge of EU relations

Rue Guimard

1040

Bruxelles (Etterbeek)

BELGIUM

(+32) 28999870

    Person with legal responsibility

Coleman

Paul

President of the Board

    Person in charge of EU relations

Portaru

Adina

Senior Counsel, Europe

    Goals/remit

ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organisation that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.

Global

    Specific activities covered by the Register

EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief;
EU Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights;
EU Guidelines on Freedom of expression online and offline;
EC Initiative to include Hate Speech & Hate Crime on the list of EU Crimes;
EC Initiative on Cross-border family situations- recognition of parenthood;
TFEU Article 17 Dialogue;
Interaction with the EP Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance;
EP Report on Persecution of minorities on the ground of belief or religion;
EP Annual report on Human Rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's Policy on the matter;
EP Resolution on the risk of the death penalty and the execution of singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria” (2023);
EP Resolution on India, the situation in Manipur” (2023);
EP Resolution on the recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria” (2024).

Briefing events, submission of briefing papers
ADF International co-hosted events in the European Parliament:
"Genocide by Isis: Urgent need for International Action" on February 17 2016;
"Freedom of Conscience" on March 2 2016;
Book Launch "Never Again;
Legal responses to a broken promise in the Middle East" on June 29 2016;
Presentation on the ongoing genocide against Christians in Iraq on January 11 2017;
Briefing on "Hate Speech" at the European Parliament on October 19 2017;
Brussels ll Briefing at the European Parliament on February 27 2018;
MEP Briefing on "Religious Freedom" on June 20 2018;
MEP Briefing event on India on October 10 2018;
UDHR Event on November 28 2018, 10th anniversary of the EU Charter on June 19 2019.
Various campaigns on the promotion and protection of human rights and inherent dignity (e.g. ("Let us Worship", "End Forced Marriage").
Conference/Webinar "The Forgotten Christian Minorities in Myanmar" on September 28, 2021.
Conference "Freedom of Religion in Türkiye" on October 13, 2022.
Conference “Nigeria’s blasphemy laws – Death penalty for sharing a song?” on October 12, 2023.
MEP Briefing on Religious Freedom on October 25, 2023.
MEP Briefing on Human Dignity on January 9, 2024.

  • Delivering for children: an EU strategy on the rights of the child
 
 

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  • Freedom of religion and religious tolerance
 

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Human Rights, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression, Church relations, parental rights and education, bioethics.

    Number of persons involved in the activities

100%: 2   75%: 2   25%: 1

5

3.8

all are employees

    Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises

First name Surname Start Date End Date
Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 02/09/2023 01/09/2024
Adina Ioana PORTARU 21/02/2024 20/02/2025
Georgia Alida DU PLESSIS 21/02/2024 20/02/2025
Martina DIVKOVIC 19/01/2024 17/01/2025

    Fields of interest

  • Justice and fundamental rights

    Membership and affiliation

N/A

ADF International Belgium is affiliated with ADF International Austria (https://adfinternational.org/our-global-reach/) and Alliance Defending Freedom (www.adflegal.org). ADF International Belgium is conducting EU advocacy activities.

    Interests represented

Does not represent commercial interests

    Financial data

07/2022  -  06/2023

  • Donations
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM 650,000

650,000 €

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The worldwide work of ADF International is funded by thousands of private donors in more than 60 countries – including within the EU. ADF International receives no funding from any governmental nor multilateral entity. The budget listed in March 2022 was the global budget of all ADF International operations worldwide. Thanks to the clarification provided by the Register’s Secretariat, the registration has been updated to indicate the most recent and relevant data pertaining to the budget of the registered entity in accordance with ANNEX II of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 May 2021.

    Code of conduct

By its registration the organisation has signed the Transparency Register Code of Conduct.