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Posts Tagged: human rights
January 14, 2012
Information received on January 13 indicates that certain pastors of our partner church in Madagascar, the FJKM, may have been targeted for “elimination or neutralization” by forces aligned to the de facto government.Please pray: for the safety and protection of FJKM pastors and church leaders; for the FJKM’s annual prayer service, scheduled for 15 January,… Read more »
January 6, 2012
January 11 is designated as Human Trafficking Awareness Day. The PC(USA) Human Trafficking Round Table provides the following information for this day: January 2012 – Over 12.3 million people are estimated to work in conditions of forced labor world-wide according to the International Labour Organisation. On January 11th, consider marking human trafficking day with prayer… Read more »
January 2, 2012
Toward a More Humane Future is a devotional study on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for use by individuals or groups. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 4No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Scripture For freedom Christ has set… Read more »
December 26, 2011
Toward a More Humane Future is a devotional study on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for use by individuals or groups. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 3 Everyone has a right to life, liberty, and security of person. Scripture Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everlasting stream. Amos 5:24… Read more »
December 19, 2011
Toward a More Humane Future is a devotional study on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for use by individuals or groups. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 2 Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion,… Read more »
December 12, 2011
Toward a More Humane Future is a devotional study on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for use by individuals or groups. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in… Read more »
December 10, 2011
On Human Rights Day, 2011, the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations is pleased to announce the launch of Toward a More Humane Future, an online devotional study on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for use by individuals or groups. The 210th General Assembly (1998) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted to “celebrate the… Read more »
December 10, 2011
As we celebrate Human Rights Day today, I reflect on the words of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said a few days earlier on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, “To eradicate contemporary forms of slavery, we need new strategies and measures that can unite all actors. While Governments bear the primary… Read more »
December 8, 2011
The Red Hand Campaign asks nation states to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and make clear their commitment to ending the use of child soldiers. The goal is for every country in the world to ratify the optional protocol by… Read more »
December 7, 2011
How does the United Nations work with the Indigenous Peoples of the World? Most of that work takes place within a human rights framework. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights notes that: Indigenous peoples across the world experience the consequences of historical colonization and invasion of their territories, and face discrimination because… Read more »
