World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people and churches all over the world to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land during the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, to be observed on 16-22 September 2024.| World Council of Churches
Inspiring the worldwide fellowship of churches to work together for unity, justice and peace.| www.oikoumene.org
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Jennifer Philpot-Nissen, is the World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for Human Rights and Disarmament. She took time to explain how the WCC contributed to the recent 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, and her personal perspective of the value of human rights work.| World Council of Churches
A side event to the 57th UN Human Rights Council entitled “Human Rights in West Papua,” hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and partner organizations on 1 October, addressed the dire human rights situation in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia, with ongoing violations that include extra-judicial killings, internal displacement due to armed conflict, restrictions on civil liberties, and a growing number of cases of land grabbing.| World Council of Churches
