NEPAL: Freedom of Religion or Belief. Report submitted to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of Nepal during the UPR 37th session. Submission date: 8 July 2020. Report submitted jointly by: The World Evangelical Alliance, the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches, Baptist World […]
AUSTRIA: Trafficking of Nigerians. Report submitted to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of Austria during the UPR 37th session. Submission date: 8 July 2020. Report submitted jointly by: The World Evangelical Alliance, Austrian Evangelical Alliance, European Evangelical Alliance, and Herzwerk – Initiative for People in Prostitution. Download Report
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The World Evangelical Alliance, Open Doors International, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Middle East Concern, and Article 18 submitted jointly a report to the Human Rights Committee in May 2020 on the situation of freedom of religion or belief in Iran, and the persecution of Christians. The Human Rights Committee will issue in July a List of Issues
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On 20 April 2020, we submitted a report to the Human Rights Committee ahead of the consideration of the List of Issues for Iraq during the Committee’s 129th session in June 2020, calling on the Committee to raise with the government of Iraq the question of legal status of the Evangelical Churches in Iraq, and
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Joint report submitted by World Evangelical Alliance and the Spanish Evangelical Alliance to the Country Report Task Force on Spain of the Human Rights Committee as part of its 127th Session – 30 August 2019. Access the Report
Report on Spain, calling for an end to the discrimination Protestants face in pension treatment in Spain, and appeal for protection of places of worship of all religious communities, following the closure of Evangelical churches in the Catalonia region, submitted jointly by ADF International, the WEA and the Spanish Evangelical Alliance – July 2019. Access
Report on Sweden addressing (1) targeted hatred and violence against vulnerable groups, including the rising number of Christianophobic attacks, (2) the protection needs of asylum seekers who converted to Christian faith, and (3) the right to conscience objection of nurses who do not want to partake in abortion, submitted jointly by the WEA, the Swedish
Submitted ahead of the Universal Periodic Review 35th session, jointly with the WEA, WEA member alliance the Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey, and the Baptist World Alliance – 15 July 2019 Download Turkey report; Download annexes
Statement calls on Sri Lankan authorities to withdraw the circular issued in September 2008, which restricted the churches’ ability to construct places of worship, and to ensure that the newly introduced Emergency Regulations do not adversely affect the religious freedom of citizens, submitted by the WEA and the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka
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