Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer, @WEA_UN | United Nations Representative (Geneva), @SalvArmyISJC
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It's a privilege to serve @WEA_UN @WEAnews constituency, bringing an Evangelical voice to the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations, and promoting peace, justice and fundamental rights for all. 🙏🏻
Have a look at our most recent WEA Geneva Office promotional video:
Watch our short introduction and discover how the @WEAnews Geneva Office engages with the UN 🇺🇳 to represent an #Evangelical voice on key #HumanRights issues, including freedom of religion or belief #FoRB. 👇
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@WEAnews Geneva office was invited to speak about its advocacy work to the UN at the annual meeting of First Step Forum, a global network of ambassadors, members of parliament, journalists, advocates, & former prime ministers dedicated to promoting #FoRB & #HumanRights worldwide.
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The Salvation Army has called for greater humanitarian access and stronger protection for displaced women and children in Haiti during an intervention at the @UN Human Rights Council.
📌Read more ⬇️
salvationarmy.org/news/salva…
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"We live in a decade of war".
In a wide-ranging conversation with @LuluGNavarro of @nytimes, Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC president, discusses today’s conflicts, the importance of international humanitarian law (IHL), and the urgent need to preserve space for diplomacy and peace.
Read the interview: ms.spr.ly/6013aqR8J
Watch the full conversation on @nytimes’ YouTube channel.
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The ICC strongly rejects US sanctions against the institution:
🎥 Video Statement by the President of the #ICC, Tomoko Akane
Learn more ➡️ icc-cpi.pulse.ly/kyrbe2l43a
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IDOP | On November 1 & 8, we join Christians around the world in prayer with and for our persecuted brothers and sisters.
Together, let us stand with the persecuted Church in prayer. 🙏
Download resources and commit to pray with us this November: idop.org/
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My recent Substack article on the work we do at the UN. janeteppbuckingham1.substack…
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What does it mean to be a peacemaker in a world marked by conflict?
On #InternationalDayOfNonViolence, Markus Hofer, @WEA_UN & Salvation Army representative to the @UN, reflects on Christian nonviolence and building peace.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/AJcvx14
Dans le cadre de la journée internationale de la #nonviolence, j'interviens dans @PHAREFM pour parler du rôle des communautés de foi dans la résolution de #conflits, la médiation, la paix et la réconciliation.
@WEAnews @WEA_UN @SalvArmyISJC @SalvArmyIHQ
pharefm.com/2026/10/02/linvi…
In a few minutes, I'll be reading an oral statement on behalf of @SalvArmyIHQ @SalvArmyISJC during the interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights @volker_turk on the oral update on #Haiti 🇭🇹, at the UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC.
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The Salvation Army calls for older people with cognitive impairment to remain heard and involved.
📌Read more at salvationarmy.org/news/salva…
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The World Evangelical Alliance urged Israel at the UN to stop settler violence threatening Taybeh, the last Christian-majority village left. #Israel #WestBank #Taybeh #ReligiousFreedom #ChristianPost
🔗 dlvr.it/TVfQXD dlvr.it/TVfQXF
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The World Evangelical Alliance urged Israel at the UN to address settler violence and protect Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
#WEA #WestBank #Taybeh #ReligiousFreedom
Read more: dlvr.it/TVhH4L dlvr.it/TVhH4M
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The World Evangelical Alliance, representing evangelical Christians worldwide, raised the plight of Palestinian Christians in the West Bank before the UN Human Rights Council this week.
The WEA expressed “grave concern” over escalating Israeli settler violence and specifically highlighted Taybeh, the last predominantly Christian village in the West Bank, citing repeated settler incursions, intimidation, fires, property damage, attempts to seize privately owned land, and obstruction of residents’ access to their land.
It called on Israel to protect Palestinian civilians, prevent settler violence, ensure accountability, and halt settlement expansion and the appropriation of Palestinian land.
savewestbankchristians.com/
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The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) made an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council’s 63rd session in Geneva on Tuesday 22nd of September regarding Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.
Read more: worldea.org/world-evangelica…
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The Salvation Army has joined the World Evangelical Alliance in calling for stronger action to ensure that people experiencing human trafficking are identified and able to access protection, support and justice.
📌Read more ⬇️ salvationarmy.org/news/salva…
It was a great pleasure to welcome a delegation of @SwissRedshield leadership to the UN last week. Their visit was an opportunity to attend the Human Rights Council session #HRC63 and discuss potential opportunities for future collaboration with the @SalvArmyISJC.
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🗣️#HumanRightsCouncil #UPR52
@WEAnews & @Oikoumene @WCC_IA encourage #Mozambique 🇲🇿 to implement human rights commitments in consultation with faith-based organization #FBOs.
With @OpenDoorsUK & Associação Evangélica de Moçambique
Joint statement here: un.worldea.org/wea-and-wcc-e…
"In 2025, the Interfaith Dialogue Committee and the @WEAnews @WEA_UN backed the issue, bringing it before the UN. This followed years of efforts by the Spanish Evangelical Alliance through the permanent delegation that the global evangelical organisation has at the @UN_HRC."
❌👩🏻⚖️✅Social Security Minister Elma Saiz stated that this is “a measure that does justice to a group of people who were persecuted during the dictatorship, who carried out their work at a time when they lacked the protective umbrella of the Social Security system, and who will finally see an improvement in their protection”.
The Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities in Spain expressed their “joy at seeing this promise fulfilled after so many years of work, effort and appeals”, although this joy is “contained as we wait to find out the details of the Royal Decree”.
Over 1,200 pastors carried out their Christian ministry during the Franco regime and the years that followed (the known as Democratic Transition) without being able to make social security contributions.
Nearly 700, more than half, have already died without having their rights recognised, leaving their widows in a helpless situation.
Read full story: 🖥️ evangelicalfocus.com
#EvangelicalPastors #SpanishDictatorship #History #Justice #Spain
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The law approved by the Spanish Government seeks to redress the injustice suffered by pastors and their families who were prevented from making social security contributions during the Franco regime and the early years of democracy. evangelicalfocus.com/europe/…
