Reports

Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey – Joint Report for the Universal Periodic Review 35th Session

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

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Freedom of Religion or Belief in Sri Lanka: Joint Report to HRC (41st Session)

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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Minorities Rights and the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in India – Joint Report to the Human Rights Committee’s 126th Session

Joint report submitted by the WEA and the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India to the Human Rights Committee’s 126th Session – 9 May 2019 Access the Report

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Viet Nam: Report on Freedom of Religion or Belief – Report to the Human Rights Committee’s 125th session

Viet Nam: Report on Freedom of Religion or Belief, submitted on 4 February 2019 to the Human Rights Committee’s 125th session, ahead of Viet Nam’s review by the committee in March 2019. Access the Report

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Iraq: Freedom of Religion and the Status of the Evangelical Churches – Report to the Human Rights Council Ahead of the UPR 34th session

Reports Submitted ahead of the Universal Periodic Review 34th session, on 25 March 2019 to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of Iraq during the UPR 34th session. Access the Report

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India: Incidents Against Christians in 2018, with Focus on Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu – Joint Statement to the HRC (40th Session)

Joint written statement submitted by World Evangelical Alliance and the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India to the Human Rights Council’s fortieth session (25 February – 22 March 2019) under Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. Access the Report

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DR Congo: Human rights situation – Report to the UPR 33rd session (in French)

Joint report submitted to the Human Rights Council by the World Evangelical Alliance, Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers), Franciscans International (FI), and Caritas Internationalis, ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of the DRC during the UPR 33rd session. 4 October 2018. Report in French.

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Sudan: Ongoing Imprisonment and Intimidation of Church Leaders, Confiscation and Destruction of Church Property – Report to the Human Rights Committee’s 124th session

Joint report submitted to the Human Rights Committee’s 124th session by the World Evangelical Alliance and Middle East Concern, concerning the ongoing imprisonment and intimidation of Church leaders, confiscation and destruction of Church property. 10 September 2018.

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Freedom of religion or belief in VIET NAM – Report to the UPR 32nd session

The World Evangelical Alliance submitted a report on Freedom of Religion and Belief in Viet Nam, to the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review 32nd session. The report was submitted on 12 July 2018 ahead of Vietnam’s review in January 2019.

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