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Zacchaeus Tax (ZacTax) is an ecumenical campaign by churches, seeking a transformed global tax system that acts like the biblical character Zacchaeus, delivering equity and making reparation for historic and structural injustice.

Lecture of the World Council of Churches central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm delivered at the Kitzingen deanery, a regional church district near Würzburg, Germany.

Resources and tools available for the implementation of Churches’ Commitments to Children

Through a mechanism called the Universal Periodic Review, the Human Rights Council reviews, on a periodic basis, the fulfilment by each of the 193 United Nations Member States of their human rights obligations and commitments.

Jedes Jahr überprüft der in Genf ansässige UN-Ausschuss für die Rechte des Kindes die Lage von Kindern in verschiedenen Ländern. Die ÖRK-Mitgliedskirchen und Partnerorganisationen sind dann jeweils eingeladen, nach ihrem Ermessen alternative Berichte mit ihren eigenen Beobachtungen von vor Ort einzureichen.

Every year the Geneva-based UN Committee on the Rights of the Child reviews the situation of children in different countries. WCC member churches and partners are invited to consider submitting alternative reports with their observations from the ground.

Todos los años, el Comité de los Derechos del Niño analiza la situación de los niños en distintos países. Se invita a las iglesias miembros del CMI y las organizaciones asociadas a considerar la posibilidad de presentar informes alternativos con sus observaciones desde el terreno.

Chaque année, le Comité des droits de l’enfant fait le point sur la situation des enfants dans différents pays. Les Églises membres et partenaires du COE sont invités à soumettre des rapports parallèles contenant leurs observations sur le terrain.

In addition to promoting children’s empowerment and participation, new technologies are proving to be increasingly useful for ensuring children’s protection. A study by the SRSG on ICTs.

The protection of children from violence has been voiced as a special concern by the many consultations held around the world in the lead up to the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

This booklet explains the contents of the international commitment of the OPSC, which explains what can be done to stop sexual violence against children and how we can help the children affected.

In this publication by the SRSG you will find infromation about a set of commitments that help protect children and support them when their rights have been violated.

The World Council of Churches would like to express its concern on the methodology followed and on the reliability of the results of the 2011 Census in Albania, regarding the optional question of religious affiliation. The latest official report of INSTAT, regarding the religious identity of the population, from the 2011 Census declares that Orthodox Christians in Albania are 6.75% and that the overall number of Christians has been drastically reduced from 31% to 17%.

Presentation on Climate Justice and Human Rights by Theodor Rathgeber at the meeting of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change held immediately before the IEPC in Kingston.