Documentation
Dr Kamal Hossain, member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, at an LWF seminar on "Justice and Peace in the Middle East."© LWF/K. Ward |
A selection of resolutions, reports, policy documents, discussion papers and statements in the area of international affairs and human rights.
Documents from LWF Human Rights Training Workshops
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Human Rights - General
- "After Durban: Facing the Challenges of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance": Statement by Dr Ishmael Noko, LWF General Secretary, 9 September 2001
- The Persistence of Racism and Related Discrimination: Statement by Dr Ishmael Noko, LWF General Secretary, 27 August 2001
- Statement by Dr Ishmael Noko, LWF General Secretary, on the Occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March 2001
- Statement by Dr Ishmael Noko, LWF General Secretary, on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1998
Peace and Reconciliation - General
- Discussion Paper on "Armed Intervention to Defend Human Rights," LWF Council, June 2000
- Letter from LWF General Secretary to LWF Member Churches (on September 11 terrorist attacks on the USA), 24 September 2001
- LWF Council Resolution on "Situations of Acute Conflict," 18 June 2001
- Statement by Dr Ishmael Noko, LWF General Secretary, on the occasion of the Eminent Persons Group Advisory Group Meeting: "Small Arms, Big Problem", 16 August 2002
HIV/AIDS
- Letter from LWF General Secretary to LWF Member Churches, 13 December 2000
- Buenos Aires Declaration on AIDS, 15 April 1998
- Resolution by LWF Ninth Assembly (1997) on 'HIV/AIDS'
Israel/Palestine
- Letter from LWF General Secretary to President Yasser Arafat, 3 April 2002
- Letter from LWF General Secretary to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 3 April 2002
- Letter from LWF General Secretary to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (on the occupation by the Israeli armed forces of the Dar al-Kalima School), 12 March 2002
- LWF Council Resolution on "Israel-Palestine," 18 June 2001
- The Things That Make for Peace: Statement by Dr Ishmael Noko, LWF General Secretary, 15 June 2001
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Caste-based Discrimination
- Statement by the LWF to 58th Session of UN Commission on Human Rights (2002) on "Caste-based Discrimination and Similar Forms of Discrimination", 22 March 2002
- "Seek Cooperation to Eradicate Caste Discrimination": Statement from the International Dalit Solidarity Network to the Participants in the EU-INDIA Summit, 23 November 2001
- Joint Statement by the LWF and Fédération internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme to 53rd Session of UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2001) on "Discrimination on the Basis of Work and Descent"
- Joint Statement by the LWF, Human Rights Watch and Asian Legal Resource Centre to 57th Session of UN Commission on Human Rights (2001) on "Discrimination on the Basis of Occupation and Descent"
- Statement by the LWF to 56th Session of UN Commission on Human Rights (2000) on "Caste-based Discrimination and Similar Practices"
Economic Globalization and Human Rights
- Discussion Paper: "Engaging Economic Globalization as a Communion"
- Summary of Presentation on "Human Rights Within the WTO Framework," Bad Boll, 3 December 2001
- Lecture by Dr. Ishmael Noko, LWF General Secretary, on "Human Rights in the Context of Globalization," Vienna, Austria, 20 November 2001
- Statement by the LWF to 57th Session of UN Commission on Human Rights (2001) on "Economic Globalization and Human Rights"
- Joint Statement by the LWF, Habitat International Coalition and International Commission of Jurists to 52nd Session of UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2000) on "Globalization and Human Rights"
- Joint Statement by the LWF, Franciscans International, Conference of European Churches to 55th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (1999) on "Foreign Debt and Human Rights"
Peace in Africa
- Letter from LWF General Secretary to President Isaias Afwerki, Eritrea, and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia, 13 December 2000
- "Africa: A Continent of Faith": Statement by Dr. Ishmael Noko, LWF General Secretary, Nouakchott, Mauritania, 29 May 2000
