Featured Resource: “We Must Protect Human Dignity”: How Interreligious Collaboration is Seeking to End Human TraffickingSource: Religions for Peace (RfP) InternationalTheme: Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion | Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive SocietiesArticle SummaryHuman trafficking, modern slavery, and forced labor represent severe violations of basic human rights, affecting tens of millions of vulnerable individuals globally—with the Asia-Pacific region bearing a significant share of this crisis.This article from Religions for Peace outlines how multi-religious cooperation and faith-guided action serve as a vital defense against trafficking and exploitation. Grounded in the shared core conviction across traditions that human life possesses inherent, sacred, and inviolable dignity, faith communities are uniquely positioned to act Read more about RfP International Article[…]

The Regional Training of Trainers for Asia on Advancing a Shared Sacred Worldview (SSW) for Shared Sacred Flourishing (SSF) was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 6–9 July 2026, bringing together 21 religious leaders and office-bearers from 7 Asian countries, as well as the Asia-Pacific Youth Network. Designed as the first regional rollout of the SSW Training Toolkit in Asia following its initial implementation in Africa, the training sought to deepen participants’ understanding of SSW and SSF as the theological, ethical, and operational framework of Religions for Peace. Through lectures, reflective dialogue, storytelling, workshops, institutional assessment, and cultural immersion, participants explored how diverse sacred traditions can affirm their unique identities while Read more about SSW_Executive Summary Report[…]

By Rev. Masamichi Kamiya, Senior Advisor for Religions for Peace Asia/Asian Conference of Religions for Peace (ACRP)After a month of discussions (April 27 to May 22, 2026), the Eleventh Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), concluded without adopting a final consensus document, highlighting ongoing divisions among nuclear-armed and non-nuclear-armed states.It was not for lack of effort — several draft texts of an outcome document proposed by the President of the RevCon were fully examined. The President did attempt in distancing the letters of the proposed texts from the complexities of international politics and in maintaining a delicate balance of claims both of nuclear Read more about The Moral Courage to Disarm: A Faith Perspective on the 2026 NPT Review Conference[…]