“Before God and our communities, we are responsible to Jews for the historical and ongoing realities of anti-Semitism, to Palestinians since the Nakba, to Muslim neighbours in the light of Islamophobia, to persons who are vulnerable, and to victims of colonial conquest, among others," said participants of a WCC sponsored conference.

In a public lecture at the WCC headquarters, the Archbishop of Canterbury called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights “a historical landmark”, which he said sometimes may be “misread”, especially in “cultural settings where individualist assumptions rule”.

Church leaders in the United States along with farmers and consumers will fast from 5 to 10 March to protest the retailer Publix’s rejection of the groundbreaking Fair Food Program in Florida. Publix' position is "morally indefensible" and "they can't look the workers in the eye," said the Rev. Bernice Powell Jackson, WCC president for the North America region.

In the year of its 10th anniversary, the Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative in Africa reflects on how churches have become “HIV-competent”, meaning they are well informed about HIV, are welcoming HIV positive people and are fighting against HIV and AIDS in Africa and beyond.

Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, spoke on faith, human rights and human dignity, during a keynote presentation, Tuesday, 28 February in Geneva.

On the morning of 28 February, his second day visiting the offices of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva, Archbishop Dr Rowan Williams of the Church of England addressed a roundtable discussion on the unity of the Christian church.

The WCC applauds the landmark ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, which held Italy responsible for violating the rights of Eritrean and Somali migrants for sending them back to Libya.

In a recent meeting, the WCC Executive Committee denounced the “Doctrine of Discovery”, which has been used to subjugate and colonize Indigenous Peoples. The committee issued a statement calling the nature of the doctrine "fundamentally opposed to the gospel of Jesus”.

The WCC congratulates Palestinian Lutheran pastor Rev. Dr Mitri Raheb on receiving the 2011 German Media Prize. The award recognizes his individual work and Palestinian churches’ efforts for peace.

The WCC Executive Committee issued a statement expressing concern over the disappearance of asylum seekers from the Horn of Africa and northern Africa, falling prey to human traffickers in the Sinai desert while crossing borders between Egypt and Israel.