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Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on a nuclear weapons-free world during “The Audacity of Peace” gathering in Berlin.

La conferencia celebrada del 9 al 12 de abril en Wuppertal (Alemania), así como en línea, transmitió un mensaje pidiendo a las iglesias de todo el mundo que no sólo escuchen más atentamente a las víctimas de las violaciones de los derechos humanos, sino que actúen con mayor solidaridad con ellas.

A conference held in Wuppertal, Germany, and online on 9-12 April published a message calling on churches across the world to not only listen more closely to the victims of human rights violations, but to act in stronger solidarity with them.

Reuniendo las perspectivas bíblica, teológica y práctica sobre el tema de la dignidad humana, los participantes en la conferencia internacional de Wuppertal plantearon un desafío a las iglesias para una comprensión y protección comunes de los derechos humanos durante la mesa redonda pública del 11 de abril.

Bringing together biblical, theological and practical perspectives on human dignity, participants of the international conference in Wuppertal challenged churches for a common understanding and protection of human rights during the public panel discussion on 11 April.

Addressing the challenges for a common vision of churches on human rights today, the international conference “Christian Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights” will take place on 9-12 April in Wuppertal, Germany. Everyone is invited to follow the public session of the conference on 11 April, when a panel of the keynote speakers will bring together biblical, theological and practical perspectives on human dignity.

La conferencia internacional “Perspectivas cristianas sobre la dignidad humana y los derechos humanos”, que tendrá lugar del 9 al 12 de abril en Wuppertal (Alemania) abordará los desafíos para una visión común de las iglesias sobre los derechos humanos en la actualidad. Todo el mundo está invitado a seguir la sesión pública de la conferencia el 11 de abril, en la que un grupo formado por los ponentes principales reunirá las perspectivas bíblica, teológica y práctica sobre el tema de la dignidad humana.

At the annual Karlsruhe Foyer Church and Law reception on 15 June, German bishops gathered with judges of the Federal Constitutional Court and Federal Court of Justice, as well as representatives of the Federal Prosecutor's Office and of the legal profession in Germany, to hear some reflections on “Ecumenical engagement for human rights, and current challenges.”

The Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI) and others involved in support for migrants on land, at sea and in the skies are strengthening their collaboration.

The humanitarian corridors programme, an ecumenical project developed by the FCEI’s Mediterranean Hope team with the Comunità di Sant’Egidio in 2015 is now in its second phase.

The need for urgent ecumenical responses to the dangerously escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula was the focus of a meeting of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and Development Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula (EFK) held in Leipzig, Germany on 7-8 July.

The experience of his father’s fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 and then living alien and stateless in Sweden provides biblical theologian Hans Ucko with the touchstone of his writing about stateless persons.

The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), at its meeting in Trondheim, Norway, 27 June 2016, has elected a new executive committee with 11 new members.

El Comité Central del CMI, en su reunión en Trondheim, Noruega, 27 de junio de 2016, ha elegido un nuevo comité ejecutivo, el que incluye 11 nuevos miembros.

“The way we handle the refugee crisis, not least the settling in and integration process, will be of utmost significance, both for the attitude towards refugees and asylum seekers in the future, and for the long-term stability and sustainability of our own societies”, said Knut Vollebaek, ambassador and former Norwegian foreign minister, in his speech at the recent WCC/UN conference on Europe’s refugee crisis.

“Hoy en día, los países europeos se enfrentan a miles de migrantes que huyen de Siria y otros países desgarrados por la guerra a lugares de los que por lo general saben muy poco. Recibir a esa gran multitud de personas plantea enormes dificultades. La forma en que manejemos esta crisis migratoria, en particular el proceso de asentamiento e integración, será de suma importancia tanto en lo que se refiere a la actitud hacia los migrantes y futuros solicitantes de asilo, como a la estabilidad y sostenibilidad de nuestras propias sociedades”, sostuvo Knut Vollebaek, embajador y ex ministro de exteriores de Noruega, en el discurso que pronunciara en la Conferencia del CMI y la ONU sobre la crisis de refugiados en Europa, que tuvo lugar en Ginebra, los días 18 y 19 de enero.

Reflections from the International Conference on Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula in Arnoldshain, Germany

In the wake of recent crisis with the refugees in Europe, it is “absolutely and critically necessary that all European states take their proper responsibility in terms of reception and support for people seeking refuge, safety and a better future for themselves and their families. This cannot be left only to the states where they enter first,” says the WCC general secretary.

Church leaders from seven countries currently making historic choices for or against outlawing nuclear weapons will embark on a pilgrimage in early August to the two Japanese cities that were decimated by atomic bombs 70 years ago.