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On International Youth Day, Azeez Sadeq, who now lives in Lyon, France, shared his personal story of being an Iraqi refugee.

"Have you ever thought that one day, you can lose everything?” he asked the young people gathered with him.

That's what happened to Sadeq when he was 18 years old, when the Islamic State Organisation, also referred to as Daesh, invaded his village.

Virag Kinga Mezei is a Hungarian intern for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs. With a passion for human rights, she regularly engages in discussions while also getting training through the WCC on mechanisms that lead to the achievement of racial and social justice.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat sich mit seinen Beiträgen auf der 41. Sitzung des UN-Menschenrechtsrates profiliert, die vom 24. Juni bis zum 12. Juli stattfand.
Der ÖRK engagiert sich seit vielen Jahren innerhalb des Menschenrechtssystems der Vereinten Nationen, indem er sich im Namen der weltweiten ökumenischen Bewegung zu Menschenrechten und Gerechtigkeit bekennt und sich für sie einsetzt.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) made a positive impact at the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, held 24 June through 12 July.

The WCC has a long history of engagement with the United Nations human rights system, in witnessing and advocating for human dignity and justice on behalf of the worldwide ecumenical movement.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has released “A 60-Day Journey Toward Justice in a Culture of Gun Violence,” a collection of daily observances that call people to face the painful truth of gun violence and work for its prevention.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), with the Korea Institute for National Unification, reflected on international cooperation for improvement of human rights and ecumenical cooperation for diakonia ministry in North Korea.

Nowadays, any cause can be effectively promoted in a blink of an eye, with a click on a button. At virtually no cost, messages travel fast around the globe through social media and other digital platforms. For good and bad, but mostly for good. Because without it, grassroots movements, such as the Arab Spring, which started in Tunisia in 2010 and ended up toppling several governments, would have had a much harder time rallying support and getting their message across to key audiences.

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches, opens with an article by WCC general secretary the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, “Freedom, Love and Justice,” reflecting on the theme for the WCC's 11th Assembly in 2021, “Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed representatives of the organization Faith and Light to explore together how the WCC can help more people be enriched by the gifts of those with intellectual disabilities.

An adage that some people ignore these days is that mobility has shaped each human society, and a recent meeting of the Maison Internationale des Associations in Geneva focused on this.

Many colours and flavours of humanity assembled on 7 April for a lively day of discussions and exchanges about human mobility where most views were celebrating the social phenomenon at an event titled “Tout d’ailleurs, tous d’ici” (All from elsewhere, all from here).

As the International Labour Organization celebrates 100 years, faith-based and civil organizations commended the anniversary, and also renewed calls for decent work for all.

Puppet characters Theo and Popette are helping children worldwide understand what the WCC is, and how it works for children’s rights.

The World Council of Churches has published “Freedom of Religion or Belief: A guide to biblical insights”, as part of online training offered through the Freedom of Religion or Belief Learning Platform.

Eine ökumenische Delegation unter der Leitung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) besuchte vom 15. bis 22. Februar Indonesien. Auf dem Programm standen mehrere Begegnungen in den Provinzen Papua und Papua Barat, wo es zunehmend zu Gewalt und Diskriminierung gegenüber indigenen Einwohnern gekommen ist, wie kürzlich in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung von fünf UN-Mandatsträgern im Bereich Menschenrechte beklagt wurde.

An ecumenical delegation coordinated by the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited Indonesia on 15-22 February, including the provinces of Papua and Papua Barat - where increasing violence and discrimination against indigenous Papuan people was recently highlighted in a joint statement by five UN human rights mandate-holders.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen verurteilt Antisemitismus ausdrücklich und kategorisch. Der ÖRK erachtet Antisemitismus als unvereinbar mit dem Bekenntnis zum christlichen Glauben und der Ausübung dieses Glaubens und versteht ihn als Sünde gegen Gott und die Menschheit.

The World Council of Churches’ condemnation of antisemitism is clear and categorical. WCC regards antisemitism as irreconcilable with the profession and practice of the Christian faith, and a sin against God and humanity.

At a meeting in Harare on Tuesday this week, church and civil society leaders in Zimbabwe strongly rejected all forms of violence and urgently called upon the state to restore the rule of law and constitutionalism in the exercise of state power.

Mit einem offenen Brief an die Medien hat der ÖRK auf einen neuen Bericht der Nichtregierungsorganisation NGO Monitor reagiert, in dem diese Kritik übt an dem Ökumenischen Begleitprogramm in Palästina und Israel.

The WCC published an open letter to media in response to the new report released by the NGO Monitor criticizing the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.