Let's protect freedom of Religion or Belief according to Human Rights Law through research, dialogue and respectful dialogue.
Noodt was a courageous renown legal scholar with wit and imagination; as an interpreter of Roman Law he advocated Natural Law, or Personal Freedom of Conscience and the responsibility thereunto.
We are a non-partisan, policy-relevant actor, stimulating research, debate, and policy development in support of the effective realisation of freedom of religion or belief and matters of conscience.
We subscribe fully to existing standards on freedom of religion or belief in international human rights law, as developed by the United Nations, the Council of Europe, European Union Institutions, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and other relevant international organisations.
Our aim is to contribute to the protection of freedom of religion or belief both by supporting the development of instruments of international law and by facilitating the international attention that is a prerequisite for the protection of freedom of religion or belief.
Our approach is international, interdisciplinary and consultative, and it favours practical relevance. To achieve its aims, we lend support to active entities with aims compatible with this mission.
