EVENTS
September 2019 - Season of Creation
The Parliament of the World’s Religions launches Climate Change Initiative
The Parliament of the World’s Religions announces the launch of the Climate Commitments Project. This web-based resource is the virtual face of the Climate Commitments Project, which is the effort of the Parliament to coordinate and strengthen interfaith and faith-based climate action campaigns.
Religious and spiritual leaders from every corner of the globe have confirmed their dedication to the Earth as our planetary home and pledged to address climate change as the greatest threat to our future.
The web hub provides some of the tools to do that. Please join us and help build a global interfaith climate action movement.
This groundbreaking tool invites participants to Explore, Collaborate, Assess, and Celebrate with colleagues and peers in the global faith-based climate action community.
30 July 2019 World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Since 2013, the General Assembly of the United Nations has designated July 30 as the World Day against Trafficking in Persons.
Human trafficking is a crime that exploits women, children and men for numerous purposes including forced labour and sex. While it is not known how many of these victims were trafficked, the estimate implies that currently, there are millions of trafficking in persons victims in the world.
Every country in the world is affected by human trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit, or destination for victims. Children make up almost a third of all human trafficking victims worldwide, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
In 2010, the General Assembly adopted the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, urging Governments worldwide to take coordinated and consistent measures to defeat this scourge. One of the crucial provisions in the Plan is the establishment of a UN Voluntary Trust Fund for victims of trafficking, especially women and children.
Another important development is the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, which produced the groundbreaking New York Declaration. Of the nineteen commitments adopted by countries in the Declaration, three are dedicated to concrete action against the crimes of human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
10 December 2018 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70
International Day for Human Rights
Today we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This milestone document proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. It is the most translated document in the world, available in more than 500 languages.
While its promise is yet to be fully realized, the very fact that it has stood the test of time is testament to the enduring universality of its perennial values of equality, justice and human dignity.
The principles enshrined in the Declaration are as relevant today as they were in 1948. We need to stand up for our own rights and those of others. We can take action in our own daily lives, to uphold the rights that protect us all and thereby promote the kinship of all human beings.
#StandUp4HumanRights
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowers us all.
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Human rights are relevant to all of us, every day.
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Our shared humanity is rooted in these universal values.
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Equality, justice and freedom prevent violence and sustain peace.
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Whenever and wherever humanity's values are abandoned, we all are at greater risk.
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We need to stand up for our rights and those of others.
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