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“At the same time, we acknowledge the many ways and places in which God-given human dignity is threatened and imperilled, by resurgent authoritarian repression of freedoms, by conflict, occupation and forced displacement, by discrimination and prejudice, by persecution, by rampant economic inequality and persistent extreme poverty, by violent extremism, by social media misinformation and hate speech, by the abuse of artificial intelligence and other new technologies, and by anthropogenic climate change and the lack of climate justice,” reads the statement.
The statement invites WCC member churches and ecumenical partners to, among other actions, recommit “to a compassionate, practical, and active response to the voices, cries, and lived experiences of the women, children, and men who experience the violation of their human dignity and rights.”
The WCC central committee usually meets every two years and serves as the chief governing body of the WCC between assemblies. This year’s meeting is the first since the central committee was elected at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2022.
Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
