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The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting you to a webinar on RACISM, XENOPHOBIA AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE CARIBBEAN.
Rev. Kelli D. Jolly, Itinerant Presbyter at The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas
Bahamas/ Turks and Caicos Islands District, Nassau Circuit of Churches, will moderate the webinar.

The thematic focus of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace (PJP) in 2019 is Racism.The WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), organises a series of eight WCC CCIA regional expert Webinars on the issue of racism and racial justice from August to December 2019. The aim of the webinars is to explore how racism manifests itself in the respective regions, learn about the work that churches and ecumenical partners are doing in this respect, identify synergies and avenues for possible collaboration.

WCC letter to Ms. Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights on Human rights violations in West Bank, East Jerusalem

The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches expressed its grave concern about the high rate of evictions and demolitions in East-Jerusalem.

Speech by Peter Prove, director of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs at the IJCIC-WCC meeting "The normalization of hatred: Challenges for Jews and Christians today", 25-27 June 2019, Paris

Presented by Peter Prove at the International Seminar on the Ecumenical Diaconal Ministry of North/South Korea, 4-5 March 2019, Seoul

Keynote address of Peter Prove, Director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches at the 2018 Global Peace Forum on Korea, New York, 29 September 2018

“We have sought to support dialogue as a means to resolve differences, and to reaffirm and strengthen calls for justice, peace and respect for diverse ways of thinking in contemporary societies”, reads a message issued by the members of an ecumenical delegation led by the World Council of Churches (WCC) that visited Nicaragua, on 28-29 August 2018.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) regards antisemitism as irreconcilable with the profession and practice of the Christian faith.

Letter to Sen. Maynard Alfred, chairperson of the Nitijeļā Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade for the Republic of the Marshall Islands from the World Council of Churches on signing and ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Message of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs on the nuclear weapon test by North Korea

The protection needs of minorities from Syria and Iraq

Communique from the International Ecumenical Conference on a Peace Treaty for the Korean Peninsula, Hong Kong SAR, 14-16 November 2016.

Summary Brief from the Religion and Religious Freedom in International Diplomacy
Workshop, UNHRC, 22 September 2016

Summary Brief from the Religion and Religious Freedom in International Diplomacy
Workshop, UNHRC, 22 September 2016

Submitted to the 2016 UN General Assembly First Committee by Faith Communities Concerned about the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

Freedom of Religion and Belief: Statements and Issues of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA). To celebrate its 70th anniversary, the WCC-CCIA has compiled a comprehensive anthology of documents pertaining to religious freedom - 550-page collection includes statements, letters, reports and background studies.

Statement on International Human Rights Day

Letter on European refugee situation, jointly issued by the World Council of Churches, the Conference of European Churches and the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe.

Statement on First Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty issued by the WCC international affairs office.