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NCCP members provided a briefing to WCC staff and invited civil society members about human rights in the Philippines, 14 March 2024, Geneva, Photo: Gloria Koymans/WCC

WCC calls on UN to ensure counter-terrorism laws in Philippines don’t infringe on human rights

The World Council of Churches, in an intervention before the UN Human Rights Council, called upon the UN to ensure that counter-terrorism laws and practices, including efforts to combat terrorism financing, do not unjustly curtail the legitimate activities of civil society organizations, impede civic space, or hinder humanitarian endeavors in the Philippines.

14 March 2024

CAREF staff

WCC shares warm wishes with Argentine Commission for Refugees and Migrants, celebrating 50 years

The World Council of Churches (WCC) shared joyful greetings on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Argentine Commission for Refugees and Migrants (CAREF).

10 October 2023

Demonstration in Philippines

Una declaración del CMI condena las graves violaciones de los derechos humanos en Filipinas

El Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) publicó una declaración sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Filipinas.

28 June 2023

Demonstration in Philippines

WCC statement condemns grave human rights violations in the Philippines

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee released a statement on the human rights situation in the Philippines.

27 June 2023

Mervin Toquero

Las iglesias de Filipinas piden protección para los derechos humanos y sus defensores

Durante el debate general del 52º período de sesiones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU en Ginebra, el Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de Filipinas expresó su profunda preocupación por las continuas violaciones de los derechos humanos en el país del sudeste asiático.

30 March 2023

Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires

El CMI envía un mensaje al III Foro Mundial de Derechos Humanos en Argentina

El 22 de marzo, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) envió dos videomensajes al III Foro Mundial de Derechos Humanos, que tiene lugar en Argentina.

23 March 2023

Mervin Toquero

Churches in the Philippines call for protection of human rights and its defenders

During the General Debate of the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, National Council of Churches in the Philippines expressed its deep concern over continuing human rights violations in the Philippines.

23 March 2023

Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires

WCC delivers messages to 3rd World Forum on Human Rights in Argentina

The World Council of Churches (WCC) delivered two video messages to 3rd World Forum on Human Rights in Argentina on 22 March.

22 March 2023

CAREF staff

Migrants in Argentina find listening ears and open hearts

Located in the Flores neighborhood of the City of Buenos Aires, for almost 50 years the Argentine Commission for Refugees and Migrants has carried out committed work in favor of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.

04 November 2022

Memorial service marking the 50th anniversary of martial law in the Philippines

Church leaders remember martyrs in Philippines, call for end to current campaign of repression

Church leaders in the Philippines gathered in an ecumenical memorial service in Manila on 21 September, the 50^th anniversary of the imposition of martial law, to solemnly recall people of faith who were tortured and killed during the brutal regime of president Ferdinand Marcos.

06 October 2022

Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri

WCC deputy general secretary: “respect and uphold the human rights of the Filipino people”

At a Peace for Life consultation in the Philippines on 18 February, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri delivered a message from the WCC that focused on peace, justice and human rights.

18 February 2022

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates 2021

WCC congratulates 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureates

As the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca congratulated them and expressed solidarity with their ongoing fight for justice and peace.

14 October 2021

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates 2021

El CMI felicita a los galardonados con el Premio Nobel de la Paz 2021

Tras conocerse la concesión del Premio Nobel de la Paz a los periodistas Maria Ressa y Dmitry Muratov, el secretario general en funciones del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, felicitó a los galardonados y expresó su solidaridad con su lucha constante por la justicia y la paz.

11 October 2021

Indigenous people raise clenched fists during a demonstration in Koronadal City, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

WCC offers intervention at international gathering for human rights in the Philippines

World Council of Churches (WCC) director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs Peter Prove presented, via video message, an intervention at an “International Ecumenical Solidarity Gathering for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines” held 7 October.

07 October 2021

Humberto Shikiya

En Argentina, “Al servicio de un mundo herido” constituye un llamado esperanzador a colaborar

El Prof. Dr. h.c. Humberto Martín Shikiya, vicepresidente del Centro Regional Ecuménico de Asesoría y Servicio (CREAS) en Argentina, reflexiona sobre cómo el documento “Al servicio de un mundo herido en solidaridad interreligiosa: Un llamado cristiano a la reflexión y a la acción durante la COVID-19 y más allá” está siendo recibido como un llamado esperanzador a promover la colaboración ecuménica e interreligiosa. El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y el Pontificio Consejo para el Diálogo Interreligioso han publicado “Al servicio de un mundo herido” para alentar a las iglesias y las organizaciones cristianas a reflexionar sobre la importancia de la solidaridad interreligiosa en un mundo golpeado por la pandemia de COVID-19.

03 August 2021

Humberto Shikiya

In Argentina, “Serving a Wounded World” is a hopeful call to collaborate

Prof. Dr h.c. Humberto Martin Shikiya, vice president of the Regional Ecumenical Advisory and Service Center (CREAS) In Argentina, reflects on how “Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity: A Christian Call to Reflection and Action During COVID-19 and Beyond” is being received as a hopeful call to collaborate ecumenically and interreligiously. The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue jointly published “Serving a Wounded World” to encourage churches and Christian organizations to reflect on the importance of interreligious solidarity in a world wounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

02 August 2021

Teatro Ekymenikal from the National Council of Churches in the Philippines performs during the plenary on mission of the WCC 10th Assembly (2013).

As Philippines continues fight for human rights, “our faith calls us not to be still but to take action”

At a 28 July ecumenical briefing on INVESTIGATE PH’s “Second Report of the Independent International Commission of Investigation Into Human Rights Violations in the Philippines,” religious leaders discussed their renewed commitment to act in solidarity with people in the Philippines whose human rights are increasingly in peril.

30 July 2021

Philippines exhibition at the ecumenical centre in Geneva

Arbitrary executions, detention in Philippines focus of statements at UN Human Rights Council

The World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs delivered two statements to the 47th session of United Nations Human Rights Council, being held 21 June-21 July.

08 July 2021

Indigenous people raise clenched fists during a demonstration in Koronadal City, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

In Philippines, "worsening climate of impunity” has churches urging a global quest for justice

As human rights violations worsen in the Philippines, religious leaders there are urging global solidarity for their increasingly urgent quest for justice.

15 April 2021

Filipino old woman carries a bag

Churches, civil groups amplify calls to stop human rights abuses in Philippines

As a report on human rights abuses in the Philippines was delivered to the UN by the global group Investigate PH, churches and human rights groups reiterated their concerns over propagation of a culture that allows the abuse to happen.

18 March 2021