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A tray lunch event at the Ecumenical Center, in Geneva, Switzerland.

An event entitled “Nuclear Resilience for Peace and Prosperity” will officially open a photo exhibition on 8 March at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. Co-hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Permanent Mission of the Marshall Islands in Geneva.

The tenth edition of the Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs will take place on 23 January online, and will explore the theme “Human Rights and Dignity: Toward a Just, Peaceable, and Inclusive Future.” 

An online meeting planned for 25 May, titled “Exploring the nexus between racism, xenophobia and the AfCTA, and AU free movement protocol,” will mark Africa Day.

Organized by the World Council of Churches and a variety of other faith-based partners, the symposium, an online event, will open with a high-level panel consisting of a UN official, faith-based representative, and member state. The theme of the 2023 edition is "Securing People’s Wellbeing and Planetary Sustainability".

A World Council of Churches (WCC) webinar to be held on 13 December will explore “Forgotten Tragedies: Remembering the Past and Moving Towards Reconciliation.”

Preceding the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, the World Council of Churches is hosting, on 29 November, a webinar entitled “The New UN Forum on People of African descent: realising the promises of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action?”

An upcoming World Council of Churches (WCC) webcast, scheduled for 4 November, will mark the 8th anniversary of #IBelong Campaign to end statelessness.

A 25 May webinar—held on the exact same date of the tragic killing of George Floyd—will explore how the racial justice landscape has evolved, particularly in the United States as well as at the United Nations (UN).

Como parte de la conferencia internacional que se celebrará del 9 al 12 de abril en Wuppertal (Alemania), el debate en línea del 11 de abril reflexionará sobre los desafíos para una visión común de las iglesias sobre los derechos humanos en la actualidad uniendo perspectivas bíblicas, teológicas y prácticas sobre la dignidad humana.

Dans le cadre de la conférence internationale qui aura lieu du 9 au 12 avril à Wuppertal, en Allemagne, le groupe de discussion en ligne du 11 avril se penchera sur les défis pour une conception commune des Églises des droits de la personne à l’heure actuelle recueillant les perspectives bibliques, théologiques et pratiques sur la dignité humaine.

Als Teil der internationalen Konferenz, die vom 9. bis 12. April in Wuppertal in Deutschland stattfinden wird, wird die virtuelle Podiumsdiskussion die Herausforderungen einer gemeinsamen Vision von Kirchen zu Menschenrechten in der Gegenwart reflektieren und biblische, theologische und praktische Perspektiven zu menschlicher Würde zusammenbringen.

Part of the international conference held on 9-12 April in Wuppertal, Germany, the online panel discussion on 11 April will reflect on the challenges for a common vision of churches on human rights today, bringing together biblical, theological and practical perspectives on human dignity.

A webinar entitled ““Statelessness, A Product of  Racialized Nationality?” on 24 March will explore the intersectionality between statelessness and racial discrimination.

An online webinar, “Community, Church, State and the economics of enslavement: views from across the Atlantic,” will mark the UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March.