by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Dec 27, 2018 | 70 th - Commitment of Civil Society, CAP LC United Nations
The Light of the World Church December 10, 2018 United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland Good afternoon, On behalf of the Apostle Naason Joaquin Garcia, International Director of the Light of the World Church, I congratulate the United Nations on the 70th anniversary of...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Dec 27, 2018 | 70 th - Commitment of Civil Society, CAP LC United Nations
What is a « Faith based organization »? Actually, it is a very practical catch-all, but certainly not or not only a confessional organization as the usual French translation says. I have no fully satisfactory alternative, but I will speak of an organization based on a...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Dec 27, 2018 | 70 th - Commitment of Civil Society, CAP LC United Nations
AFN members attended a conference at the United Nations in Geneva to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. AFN Director, Martin Weightman, moderated a panel on Faith-Based Organisations Committing to the UDHR. He opened with an...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Dec 27, 2018 | 70 th - Commitment of Civil Society, CAP LC United Nations
Know and Understand human rights in order to apply them Good afternoon to all the attendees in this space, I thank the organizers of this magnificent event that enlightenes the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is an honor for us...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Dec 27, 2018 | 70 th - Commitment of Civil Society, CAP LC United Nations
Diplomats, media, NGOs, Religions gathered in Geneva to celebrate the Universal Declaration. Bitter Winter was there, to bear witness about the struggle for human rights in China. Marco Respinti The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed on December 10, 1948,...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Dec 27, 2018 | 70 th - Commitment of Civil Society, CAP LC United Nations
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rosita Šorytė, associate editor of Bitter Winter, spoke on behalf of ORLIR, the International Observatory of Religious Liberty of Refugees, and offered a survey of the main challenges to human rights in the world today. Speaking of...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Dec 27, 2018 | 70 th - Commitment of Civil Society, CAP LC United Nations
Fellow delegates; ladies and gentlemen My name is Luis Redondo and I am representing the Association of Training, Guidance and Assistance for the Refugee and Emigrant, by it sigles in Spanish (FOARE) settled in Spain, I would like to begin by expressing my sincere...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Dec 27, 2018 | 70 th - Commitment of Civil Society, CAP LC United Nations
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thank you very much for the invitation and privilege of speaking here today, and joining such an esteemed group of like-minded people. It’s a pleasure to be here! I would like to share just a few words on my personal perspective on...