Reports to the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review
On 17 July 2025, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and Ethos – the Australian Evangelical Alliance Centre for Christianity and Society – submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Australia scheduled for January 2026 during the UPR 51st session. Our joint submission reported on several […]
On 16 July 2025, the World Evangelical Alliance submitted a report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Rwanda scheduled for January 2026 during the UPR 51st session. Our submission reported on the right to freedom of religion or belief in Rwanda, addressing the establishment of laws by the
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On 15 July 2025, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Georgia scheduled for January 2026 during the UPR 51st session. Our joint submission reported on the right to freedom of religion or belief
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On 14 July 2025, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), the Evangelical Alliance of Austria (EAÖ), and Herzwerk – Initiative for people in prostitution, submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Austria scheduled for January 2026 during the UPR 51st session.
The World Evangelical Alliance called on the Plurinational State of Bolivia to include in the national legal system a regulation guaranteeing the right to conscientious objection to military service. The WEA further recommended Bolivia to review and modify legislation regulating the registration of religious entities, in order to make both the process and the registration
The World Evangelical Alliance, along with its national member, the Italian Evangelical Alliance (Alleanza Evangelica Italiana), called on the Italian government to establish a Religious Freedom Act that does not discriminate against religious minorities and to grant State agreements with the religious communities who have made a request and are waiting for approval, at the
On 7 April 2025, the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America (OLIRE), the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Honduras scheduled for November 2025 during the UPR 50th session. Our joint
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Middle East Concern, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), ADF International, Jubilee Campaign, Open Doors, Stefanus Alliance International, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), and the Danish European Mission submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Libya, scheduled for November 2025 during the UPR 50th session. Our
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On 7 April 2025, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) submitted a report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States of America, scheduled for November 2025 during the UPR 50th session. Our submission reported on human rights violations in the U.S. relating to refugee deportation and the
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On 7 April 2025, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), and the United Evangelical Churches (UEC) in Bulgaria submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Bulgaria scheduled for November 2025 during the UPR 50th session. Our joint submission addressed the right