Search
Close this search box.

Human Rights

COP29 UNFCCC Climate Conference In Baku Getty Images / Sean Gallup

World Evangelical Alliance and Partners Condemn Azerbaijan’s Actions in Nagorno-Karabakh and Call for Immediate Release of Armenian Prisoners

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Geneva, Human Rights, Minority rights, News, Peace, Statements / /

Geneva, 11 November 2024 – The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), in collaboration with the World Council of Churches (WCC), Christian Solidarity International (CSI), and a coalition of global organizations, has issued a joint statement urging international attention on Azerbaijan’s actions in Nagorno-Karabakh as COP29 begins in Baku. The statement expresses concern over Azerbaijan’s use of […]

World Evangelical Alliance and Partners Condemn Azerbaijan’s Actions in Nagorno-Karabakh and Call for Immediate Release of Armenian Prisoners Read More »

North Korea: Abduction of Three South Korean Citizens – Report to the UPR 47th session

Geneva, Human Rights, North Korea, Reports, UPR / /

On 8 April 2024, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), PeaceCorea, and the Korea Evangelical Fellowship (KEF) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea scheduled for November 2024 during the UPR 47th session. Our joint submission reported on three cases

North Korea: Abduction of Three South Korean Citizens – Report to the UPR 47th session Read More »

WEA appeals to nations to increase financial efforts to end hunger and achieve food security

Environment, Geneva, HRCouncil, Human Rights, Statements, Video / /

The World Evangelical Alliance appealed to all nations to significantly increase their giving to humanitarian organizations and causes against food insecurity in an oral statement at the Human Rights Council. The WEA shared concerns at the insufficient government funding for humanitarian efforts necessary to end hunger and to achieve food security in a global context

WEA appeals to nations to increase financial efforts to end hunger and achieve food security Read More »

WEA addresses situations in Nagorno-Karabakh, India, Pakistan, and Ethiopia at the Human Rights Council

Armenia, Ethiopia, Geneva, HRCouncil, Human Rights, Human Security, India, Internally displaced persons, Minority rights, Pakistan, Peace, Statements, Video / /

The World Evangelical Alliance echoed the appeal of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, to cultivate humanity’s natural reflexes of empathy, justice and compassion, and addressed the situation of the ongoing blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan, the deadly violence in Manipur – India, the burning of churches and houses of Christians in Pakistan,

WEA addresses situations in Nagorno-Karabakh, India, Pakistan, and Ethiopia at the Human Rights Council Read More »

UN New Agenda for Peace: Submission of the World Evangelical Alliance.

Human Rights, Human Security / /

The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has offered input to the UN’s “New Agenda for Peace,” a process recognizing the shared human responsibility to “protect and manage the global public good of peace.” In its submission, the WEA affirms the six potential areas for the New Agenda for Peace – reducing strategic risks, strengthening international foresight

UN New Agenda for Peace: Submission of the World Evangelical Alliance. Read More »

WEA joins call on States to lift sanctions that prevent Syrians from accessing to humanitarian aid

Geneva, HRCouncil, Human Rights, Statements, Syria, Unilateral Coercive Measures / /

The WEA joined the call by New Humanity of the Focolare Movement, together with Caritas International and other Catholic NGOs, for sanctioning States to remove all those sanctions that prevent the Syrians from accessing basic needs and services, essential health supplies and that inhibit the reconstruction of basic infrastructure destroyed by the ongoing conflict and

WEA joins call on States to lift sanctions that prevent Syrians from accessing to humanitarian aid Read More »

Report: Assessing the Impact of Sanctions on Humanitarian Work

Geneva, HRCouncil, Human Rights, Reports, Unilateral Coercive Measures / /

On 10 March 2023, the World Council of Churches (WCC), ACT Alliance, Caritas Internationalis (CI), and World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) published a research that provides systematic overview of the challenges sanctions pose to the humanitarian work of churches, and explores pathways for addressing these challenges. This research, written in course of 2022, was the fruit

Report: Assessing the Impact of Sanctions on Humanitarian Work Read More »

WEA marks the 30th anniversary of the massacre of Armenian Christians during the first Karabakh war

Armenia, Geneva, HRCouncil, Human Rights, Peace, Statements, Video / /

The World Evangelical Alliance marked the thirtieth anniversary of the massacre of Armenian Christians in Maragha village in Nagorno-Karabakh during the first Karabakh war and urged the international community to honour the memory of the victims of Maragha by making good on its many promises to prevent and punish the crime of genocide. The statement

WEA marks the 30th anniversary of the massacre of Armenian Christians during the first Karabakh war Read More »

Afghanistan: Call for monitoring the situation of religious minorities, women, children and refugees

Afghanistan, Freedom of Religion, Geneva, HRCouncil, Human Rights, Human Security, Statements, Video / /

On 7 March 2022, at the Human Rights Council 49th session, during the interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on Afghanistan, the World Evangelical Alliance, jointly with Baptist World Alliance and Jubilee Campaign, called on the OHCHR to monitor the situation of religious minorities in Afghanistan, and recommended strong human rights pillar of the

Afghanistan: Call for monitoring the situation of religious minorities, women, children and refugees Read More »

WEA calls on governments to reconsider the extensive use of sanctions, to prioritize the well-being of civilians, dialogue and political solutions

Geneva, HRCouncil, Human Rights, Statements, Unilateral Coercive Measures / /

On 16 September 2021, the World Evangelical Alliance stated that the extensive use of sanctions, or Unilateral Coercive Measures in UN language, has a detrimental impact on the civilian population disproportionately to their stated objectives. We called on the United States, the European Union and other governments to reconsider the extensive use of UCMs and

WEA calls on governments to reconsider the extensive use of sanctions, to prioritize the well-being of civilians, dialogue and political solutions Read More »