Category: REPORTS
Religions for Peace advocates a nuclear free world at the 2nd Ulaanbaatar Process meeting
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Rev. Masamichi Kamiya, Religions for Peace Asia senior advisor, called on common efforts to advocate nuclear disarmament at the 2nd Ulaanbaatar Process meeting on the 14th to 16th of November.
ACRP celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Kyoto, Japan. Religions for Peace Asia, also known as the Asian Conference of Religions for Peace, has commemorated its 40th anniversary through an interfaith gathering with the theme “How to Respond to Violent Extremism in the Name of Religion?” on 26th October 2016 at the Kyoto International Community House.
The conference highlights the continuing advocacy of Religions for Peace to promote interfaith dialogue at various levels in countering religious extremism.
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Religions for Peace Youth Leaders launched campaign addressing climate change
Manila, Philippines. Religions for Peace Interfaith Youth Network renewed its commitment to addressing climate change through concerted efforts based on multi-faith cooperation in the 3rd Asian Religious Youth Peace Camp with the theme “Responding to the Marginalized Communities’ Vulnerability to Climate Change: Strengthening Common Actions and Empowering Asia-Pacific Interfaith Youth Leaders” on November 17th to 20th 2016.
RfP International and RfP Japan held Special Session for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapon
Tokyo, Japan. Religions for Peace through its International Standing Commission on Disarmament and Security and Religions for Peace Japan co-hosted the Special Session entitled “Our Shared Moral and Legal Obligations to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons: On the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons” on August 2 and 3, 2016 at the United Nations’ University. […]
FINAL STATEMENT “Our Shared Moral and Legal Obligation to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons:”
“Our Shared Moral and Legal Obligation to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons:”
On the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons
August 3, 2016 ∣ United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
Twenty years ago on 8 July 1996, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a historic Advisory Opinion that stated: “The threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be contrary to the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, and in particular the principles and rules of humanitarian law. …There exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control.” […]
ACRP, A Movement for Peace
In Asia we are experiencing a plethora of new changes and developments. One of the most significant is the shift of the center of economic gravity from the West to the Asia-Pacific region. Asia is now considered as the world’s center of economic activity, and within that sphere, East Asia has emerged as the core of development. Our continent is considered to be the key area of growth, modernization and industrialization in our modern age. Of course, this attention has both negative and positive consequences. […]
RfP Myanmar Religious Leaders Visit Japan To Strengthen Partnership on Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
(April 8, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan) – Religious leaders in Religions for Peace Myanmar (RfP Myanmar), together with representatives of Ma Ba Tha (Association of the Protection of Race and Religion), visited Japan from 4-8 April 2016 to meet with the Japanese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, parliamentarians and religious leaders on partnerships to advance peace and democracy in Myanmar. […]
BUILDING FRIENDSHIP FOR KOREAN AND JAPANESE YOUTH
Seoul, South Korea. – Around 70 Japanese and Korean youth participated in the 12th Religious Youth Camp Exchange with the theme “The role of Korea and Japan religious youth for promoting peace in East Asia” from 30th of January to 2nd of February 2016 held in Paju, Kyoung gi-do. The religious youth camp started in 1990 as an integral component of the collaborative effort between Korean Conference of Religions for Peace (KCRP) and World Conference of Religions for Peace-Japan (WCRP/Japan) to promote harmonious relationship between the Japanese and Korean people through youth inter-religious dialogue and peace-building activities.
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