Human Rights

LWF Partners on Women’s Rights

LALITPUR, Nepal/GENEVA, 8 March 2012 (LWI) – It was a shock for Manmaya Shrestha when her husband broke his legs in a farming accident 15 years ago in Nepal’s rural Lalitpur district and her family lost its only source of income.

LWF-backed Group Engages in Global Process on Migration

GENEVA, 8 March 2012 (LWI) – Gabriela Liguori is an Argentine social worker whose work on fighting trafficking and commercial exploitation of human beings illustrates how church groups can interact with international organizations on the topic of migration.

LWF Supports Lutheran Advocacy for Justice

GENEVA, 28 February 2012 (LWI) – The Christian Lutheran Church of Honduras (ICLH) has expressed shock and sorrow over the fire tragedy at the Comayagua central jail and demanded an inquiry into the cause of the blaze that killed 350 prisoners on 14 February.

Latin American Churches Working on Human Rights Network

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras/GENEVA, 17 February 2012 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has welcomed a preliminary United Nations report on human rights violations in Honduras that urges protection of human rights workers, who are facing death threats, extrajudicial executions, disappearances and torture.

Junge Praises Bishop’s Prophetic Witness

GENEVA, 14 September 2011 (LWI) – The General Secretary of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Rev. Martin Junge has paid tribute to the life, work and witness of Bishop Helmut Frenz (1933-2011), a lifelong campaigner for human rights in Germany and Chile.

Alarming Violence Could Spread and Affect Other Countries

GENEVA, 25 August 2011 (LWI) – Increasing violence and lawlessness in Honduras could soon spiral out of control, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) warns and calls for the establishment of an Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights there “without delay.”

German original. English translation to follow shortly.

LWF Council Issues Public Statement on the Middle East

LWI Council Press Release No. 18/2011 | GENEVA, 14 June 2011 (LWI) – Political disputes should be resolved without resorting to violence, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council has reiterated in a public statement on the Middle East on the final day of its 9-14 June meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.