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During a webinar presented by the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) and hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), civil society and faith-based groups explored their shared commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed an assembly of religious leaders gathered at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Centre on 12 December—the day before the opening of the Global Refugee Forum. 

Mark your calendar now for events during the campaign 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence, which will begin 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and end 10 December, Human Rights Day.

A side event, titled “75 years on: Promoting Civic Space and Enhancing Gender Justice,” was held on 11 October in conjunction with the 54th Session of the Human Rights Council.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) celebrates its 75th anniversary, it is also marking the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris on 10 December 1948.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) conmemoró el 75º aniversario de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos con una declaración pública en la que reconoce los valores compartidos que sustentan tanto la declaración como al CMI, que también celebra su propio 75ª cumpleaños.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) beging den 75. Jahrestag der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte mit einer öffentlichen Erklärung, in der er sich zu den gemeinsamen Werten bekennt, die sowohl der Erklärung als auch dem ÖRK zugrunde liegen. Gleichzeitig feiert er sein eigenes 75-jähriges Bestehen.