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A Week-long Celebration of Religious Freedom Takes Center Stage in Brazil’s Largest City

Posted June 6, 2019

A packed agenda of events and high-level protocol visits marked “Religious Freedom Week” in the Brazilian city of São Paulo May 24 to 27.

Adventists Arrested in Burundi Have Been Released

Posted May 28, 2019

Prayers have been answered, Says General Conference Office of the President

Adventist Church locked in legal dispute with Fiji government

Posted May 16, 2019

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Fiji is locked in a legal dispute with the Fiji government following the Church’s decision to privatize Vatuvonu Adventist High School. The government has commenced legal proceedings against the Church in the High Court. The case will return to court on May 13.

Report on the Second Global Summit on Religion, Peace and Security

Posted May 16, 2019

The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect under the leadership of His Excellency Mr. Adama Dieng partnered with Dr. Liviu Olteanu, Secretary General of the Association International for the Defense of Religious Liberty (AIDLR) to convene a second global summit on Religion, Peace and Security in Geneva 29 April to 1 May 2019.

Commentary: What Seventh-day Adventists face in Burundi

Posted May 16, 2019

The following is a commentary on recent and concerning events in the African country of Burundi. For additional details and context to this developing story, we encourage you to also read a previously posted article available at this link: https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story13675-seventh-day-adventist-church-appeals-to-burundi-government ~ Editors

PARL Training

The Foundations and Functions of PARL

Posted January 9, 2017

This short manual provides a basic overview—both theological and practical—of the role of a Public Affairs and Religious Liberty director. Although this publication is intended primarily for Division, Union, and Conference-level directors, local church PARL leaders may also find the material helpful.

Church Statements

Freedom of Speech and Defamation of Religion

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was approved and voted by the Executive Committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on June 23, 2010, and released at the General Conference Session in Atlanta, Georgia, June 24-July 3, 2010.

Call for Peace

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was voted during the Spring Meeting of the General Conference Executive Committee on April 18, 2002 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Religious Liberty, Evangelism, and Proselytism

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was voted by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Administrative Committee (ADCOM), for release at the time of the General Conference Session in Toronto, Canada, June 29-July 9, 2000.

Religious Minorities and Religious Freedom

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was voted during the Annual Council of the General Conference Executive Committee on Wednesday, September 29, 1999 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was voted by the General Conference Administrative Committee, November 17, 1998, and released by the General Conference Office of Public Affairs.

International Documents

World Report

World Report 2017

Posted January 6, 2017

In spite of an unprecedented global mobilization to promote religious freedom, including the recent advocacy of the pope, Catholic bishops, and politicians of various parties, the state of religious freedom in the world remains bleak. Various statistics point in the same direction, namely an increase in restrictions to religious freedom.

World Report 2010-11

Posted November 6, 2013

This report has come a long ways from our initial endeavor to document the state of religious freedom in the world with a focus on the Seventh-day Adventist experience. In an increasingly interrelated global world, a systemic approach to religious freedom in the context of human rights is warranted and requires a broader, multidisciplinary approach.

World Report 2015

Posted November 6, 2013

In spite of an unprecedented global mobilization to promote religious freedom, including the recent advocacy of the pope, Catholic bishops, and politicians of various parties, the state of religious freedom in the world remains bleak. Various statistics point in the same direction, namely an increase in restrictions to religious freedom.

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