International Religious Liberty Association

The International Religious Liberty Association "will disseminate the principles of religious liberty throughout the world; defend and safeguard the civil right of all people to worship or not to worship, to adopt a religion or belief of their choice, to manifest their religious convictions in observance, promulgation, and teaching, subject only to the respect for the equivalent rights of others; support the right of religious organizations to operate freely in every country by their establishing and owning charitable or educational institutions; and organize local, regional, and national chapters as well as seminars, and congresses."

Directors
Accessed January 2009:


 * Denton Lotz (USA), vice president, president 2001-current
 * John Graz (Switzerland) secretary general
 * Jonathan Gallagher (UK), deputy secretary general
 * Matthew Bediako (USA/Ghana) vice president
 * Bert B. Beach (USA) vice president
 * Lee Boothby (USA)
 * Reinder Bruinsma (The Netherlands)
 * Ray Coombe (Australia)
 * Rajmund Dabrowski (Poland) vice president
 * W. Cole Durham, Jr. (USA)
 * Eugene Hsu (China)
 * Anatoly Krasikov (Russian Federation)
 * Victor Krushenitsky (Russian Federation)
 * Robert Kyte (USA)
 * Denton Lotz (USA)
 * Roland Minnerath (France)
 * Jan Paulsen (Norway)
 * Donald Robinson (USA) treasurer
 * Gunnar Stalsett (Norway) vice president
 * Hal Thomsen (USA)

Board of Experts
Accessed January 2009:


 * Daniel Basterra (Spain)
 * José Camilo Cardoso (Argentina)
 * Silvio Ferrari (Italy)
 * Roland R. Hegstad (USA)
 * Natan Lerner (Israel)
 * Zachariasz Lyko (Poland)
 * Rosa Maria Martinez de Codes (Spain)
 * Gloria Moran (Spain)
 * M. M. Murga (Ukraine)
 * Hugo Posse (Argentina)
 * Gerhard Robbers (Germany)
 * Gianfranco Rossi (Italy)
 * Mitchell Tyner (USA)
 * Maurice Verfaillie (Belgium)
 * Samuel Young (USA/China)

General Advisors
Accessed January 2009:


 * Milton Alfonso (Brazil)
 * Justus Devadas (India)
 * Clifford Goldstein (USA)
 * Robert W. Leiske (USA)
 * Hiskia Missah (Malaysia)
 * Georges Mwansa (Kenya)
 * Emmanuel Nlo Nlo (Cameroun)
 * Wintley Phipps (USA)
 * Tadaomi Shinmyo (Japan)
 * Lincoln Steed (USA)
 * G. Ralph Thompson (USA/Barbados)
 * V. S. Wakaba (South Africa)
 * Neal C. Wilson (USA)

Contact

 * Web: http://www.irla.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Washington Coalition on International Religious Freedom