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Chairman of the Geneva Centre visits World Council of Churches to discuss long-term partnership opportunities

13 July 2018, GENEVA – On 12 July 2018, the Chairman of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue HE Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim was received by the Secretary General of the World Council of Churches Reverend. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit.

The meeting was organized at the premises of the World Council of Churches in Geneva in the presence of the Executive Director of the Geneva Centre Ambassador Idriss Jazairy.

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المشاركون في التوقيع على إعلان جنيف بشأن التنقل والتضامن الإنساني يلتقون مساعد المفوض السامي لشؤون الحماية في مفوضية الأمم المتحدة السامية لشؤون اللاجئين

9 تموز/يوليه 2018، جنيف-استقبل السيد فولكر تورك مساعد المفوض السامي لشؤون الحماية في مفوضية الأمم المتحدة السامية لشؤون اللاجئين المشاركين في التوقيع على إعلان جنيف المعنون "التنقل والتضامن الإنساني: تحد وفرصة لأوروبا ومنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا" الذين تقبع مقار عملهم في جنيف.

وكان الاجتماع الذي عُقد في مقر المفوضية في جنيف بمثابة فرصة لعرض القيمة التي سيضيفها إعلان جنيف إلى المشاورات والمفاوضات بشأن القضايا التي يتناولها الاتفاق العالمي للهجرة الآمنة والمنظمة والقانونية والاتفاق العالمي بشأن اللاجئين إضافة إلى المشروع الأولي بشأن الهجرة.

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Geneva Centre for Human Rights organises 'Religions, Creeds and Value Systems' Conference

28 June 2018, GENEVA - The Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue, in collaboration with the International Catholic Migration Commission, the World Council of Churches, the Arab Thought Forum, the World Council of Religious Leaders, Bridges to Common Ground and the European Centre for Peace and Development organised a World Conference entitled "Religions, Creeds and Value System: Joining Forces to Enhance Equal Citizenship Rights" that was held on the 25 June 2018 at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland.

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“Inclusiveness is rejected in favour of an exclusionary portrayal of others as outsiders,” UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues says during World Conference on religions and equal citizenship rights

29 June 2018, GENEVA: On 25 June 2018, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue organized a World Conference on the theme of “Religions, Creeds and Value Systems: Joining Forces to Enhance Equal Citizenship Rights” at the United Nations Office at Geneva in collaboration with the International Catholic Migration Commission, the World Council of Churches, the Arab Thought Forum, the World Council of Religious Leaders, Bridges to Common Ground and the European Centre for Peace and Development.

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“Engage in religious diplomacy,” Secretary General of the World Council of Religious Leaders says during World Conference on religions and equal citizenship rights

29 June 2018, GENEVA: On 25 June 2018, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue organized a World Conference on the theme of “Religions, Creeds and Value Systems: Joining Forces to Enhance Equal Citizenship Rights” at the United Nations Office at Geneva in collaboration with the International Catholic Migration Commission, the World Council of Churches, the Arab Thought Forum, the World Council of Religious Leaders, Bridges to Common Ground and the European Centre for Peace and Development.

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Dr. Azza Karam: Citizenship is rooted in the sense of humanity

29 June 2018, GENEVA: On 25 June 2018, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue organized a World Conference on the theme of “Religions, Creeds and Value Systems: Joining Forces to Enhance Equal Citizenship Rights” at the United Nations Office at Geneva in collaboration with the International Catholic Migration Commission, the World Council of Churches, the Arab Thought Forum, the World Council of Religious Leaders, Bridges to Common Ground and the European Centre for Peace and Development. 

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Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies: “Let us be wary of the abuse of human rights to legitimize the attainment of political and other objectives through coercion”

29 June 2018, GENEVA: On 25 June 2018, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue organized a World Conference on the theme of “Religions, Creeds and Value Systems: Joining Forces to Enhance Equal Citizenship Rights” at the United Nations Office at Geneva in collaboration with the International Catholic Migration Commission, the World Council of Churches, the Arab Thought Forum, the World Council of Religious Leaders, Bridges to Common Ground and the European Centre for Peace and Development. 

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Ambassador Mark Siljander: Abrahamic religions have 90% theological similarities and only 10% differences

29 June 2018, GENEVA: On 25 June 2018, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue organized a World Conference on the theme of “Religions, Creeds and Value Systems: Joining Forces to Enhance Equal Citizenship Rights” at the United Nations Office at Geneva in collaboration with the International Catholic Migration Commission, the World Council of Churches, the Arab Thought Forum, the World Council of Religious Leaders, Bridges to Common Ground and the European Centre for Peace and Development. 

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Dr. Safi Kaskas: “ Homogeneity is a recipe for intellectual sterility and eventually leads to the end of a civilization, whereas pluralism (…) raises the intelligence and virtue of the society in general“

29 June 2018, GENEVA: On 25 June 2018, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue organized a World Conference on the theme of “Religions, Creeds and Value Systems: Joining Forces to Enhance Equal Citizenship Rights” at the United Nations Office at Geneva in collaboration with the International Catholic Migration Commission, the World Council of Churches, Arab Thought Forum, the World Council of Religious Leaders, Bridges to Common Ground and the European Centre for Peace and Development. 

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