On 24 September 2021, at the Human Rights Council 48th session, the World Evangelical Alliance, the World Council of Churches and the Baptist World Alliance express grave concern over increasing violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief in Algeria in the course of 2021.
On 22 September 2021, at the Human Rights Council 48th session, the World Evangelical Alliance urged the High Commissioner, the Human Rights Council, and United Nations Special Procedures to include Christians and other religious minorities, when warranted, in their statements and reporting, and to highlight not only the vulnerability of these groups, but also their
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On 14 September 2021, at the Human Rights Council 48th Session, the World Evangelical Alliance urged the High Commissioner to include Christian and other religious minorities in her reporting on Sri Lanka and on Afghanistan. Our statement highlighted incidents of religious violence and intolerance against Protestant Christians in Sri Lanka, and that religious minorities in
On 28 September 2021, Caritas Internationalis and the World Evangelical Alliance organized a virtual side-event, on the occasion of the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, on the topic of “Assessing the humanitarian impact of unilateral sanctions.” The event panel consisted of prof. Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral
On 24 August 2021, the World Evangelical Alliance read the following oral statement at the 31st special session of the Human Rights Council on the serious human rights concerns and situation in Afghanistan.
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On 9 July 2021, at the Human Rights Council 47th session, the World Evangelical Alliance and Caritas Internationalis appealed for impartial investigations to be conducted in order to combat impunity in CAR as well as disinformation campaigns. And we strongly condemn the attack by the Coalition of Patriots for Change on June 4 against Reverend
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At the 47th session of the Human Rights Council during the adoption of the UPR outcome of Austria, together with our member Austrian Evangelical Alliance and Austrian Initiative for People in Prostitution Herzwerk, we called on the Government of Austria to continue with its efforts in tackling human trafficking. While welcoming the Government’s support of
Together with Ethos: Australian Evangelical Alliance’s Centre for Christianity and Society, the World Evangelical Alliance stressed the importance of respecting inalienable human rights and freedoms, including protection of minority rights and freedom of expression in Australia, at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council during the adoption of the UPR outcome of Australia. We
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In Nepal, criminal charges of conversion by force or inducement are used to hinder the enjoyment of religious freedom. More than 30 Christians were arrested and taken to court on charges of “conversion” during 2018 and 2019. At the Human Rights Council’s 47th session in June and July 2021, during the Adoption of the UPR
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On 2 July 2021, at the Human Rights Council, during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, we raised cases of disinformation in India and Nepal that affected the freedom of expression of religious minorities.
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