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Lecture of the World Council of Churches central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm delivered at the Kitzingen deanery, a regional church district near Würzburg, Germany.

Through a mechanism called the Universal Periodic Review, the Human Rights Council reviews, on a periodic basis, the fulfilment by each of the 193 United Nations Member States of their human rights obligations and commitments.

In addition to promoting children’s empowerment and participation, new technologies are proving to be increasingly useful for ensuring children’s protection. A study by the SRSG on ICTs.

The protection of children from violence has been voiced as a special concern by the many consultations held around the world in the lead up to the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

This booklet explains the contents of the international commitment of the OPSC, which explains what can be done to stop sexual violence against children and how we can help the children affected.

In this publication by the SRSG you will find infromation about a set of commitments that help protect children and support them when their rights have been violated.

The World Council of Churches would like to express its concern on the methodology followed and on the reliability of the results of the 2011 Census in Albania, regarding the optional question of religious affiliation. The latest official report of INSTAT, regarding the religious identity of the population, from the 2011 Census declares that Orthodox Christians in Albania are 6.75% and that the overall number of Christians has been drastically reduced from 31% to 17%.

Joint report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography.

The SRSG has identified the legal prohibition of all forms of violence, as well as an appropriate legal framework to protect children and prevent and respond to violence as one of her three priority focus areas.

The prevalence of violence in schools, the importance of education in realizing rights of the child and the potential of violence-free schools acting as catalysts for non-violence in communities they serve, the SRSG dedicated special attention to this.

Presentation on Climate Justice and Human Rights by Theodor Rathgeber at the meeting of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change held immediately before the IEPC in Kingston.

The CCIA, against the background of more than fifty years of work against racism and its effects, notably through the WCC Program to Combat Racism, has submitted comments for consideration in the drafting of the Draft Declaration and Programme of Action.