Sitemap @ PEACE for LIFE

MOVEMENT UPDATE

Letter from the Coordinator

2008 January 28

2007 October 1

2007 July 12

2007 April 12

2007 January 10

2006 November 11

2006 August 29

2006 June 30

PARTNERS

Durban outcome is not enough, says WCC, WCC News (2011.12.09)

Take responsibility for global biosecurity, Pax Christi International (2011.12.06)

Equal rights for all the measure for assessing freedom of religion, WCC News (2011.12.06)

Indian lawmakers affirm Muslim and Christian Dalits' just cause, NCC India (2011.12.03)

Groups call on Durban to rethink tourism's role in climate change (2011.11.25)

Palestinians deserve UN membership –U.S. church leaders (2011.11.01)

Muslims and Christians face challenge of structural greed (2011.10.20)

Churches inaugurate monitoring programme for victims of violence in Colombia (2011.10.12)

Lutheran bishop releases statement for the people of Egypt (2011.10.11)

People of faith join Wall Street protests (2011.10.07)

Pax Christi calls for end to Afghans' unimaginable suffering (2011.10.05)

Comment on IEPC Message and Ecumenical Call:Just Peace may be read as legitimising ‘Imperial Peace’ (2011.09.20)

Muslims and Christians commit to moving from conflict to ‘compassionate justice’ (2010.11.04)

Oikotree affirms common commitment to action (2010.11.18)

Building a culture of peace in Jamaica (2010.08.17)

NCCC-USA supports building of Islamic centre near ‘Ground Zero’ (2010.08.13)

August 23 International Day of Solidarity Against Militarization (2010.08.12)

Historic U.S. Student Christian Movement to be reborn (2010.07.21)

WCC chief commends Methodists for ‘daring more than words’ on Israel Palestine (07.02.2010)

[UK] Methodist Church to boycott goods from illegal Israeli settlements (2010.06.30)

Methodist ‘Justice for Palestine and Israel’ report attracts Jewish-Christian support (2010.06.30)

A Palestinian Christian call to end the occupation (2009.12.11)

Faith groups hail recognition of ‘right to food’ as hunger weapon (2009.01.30)

Vatican critic Boff sounds alarm on ecology threat (2009.01.23)

US churches and Obama: rolling up sleeves rather than finger-pointing (2009.01.20)

Christian leaders say justice must be at heart of global economy (2008.12.15)

World religious leaders commit to uphold human rights (2008.12.11)

WCC urged not to play into the hands of market forces and donor agencies (2008.12.10)

Reformed churches in Africa intensify commitment to justice (2008.12.08)

Global economy needs radical changes, WCC team says (2008.11.19)

Economic systems must serve the needs of ordinary people, WARC churches say (2008.11.18)

Ecumenical consultation demarcates common ground for dialogue with Islam (2008.10.22)

Oikotree ceremonial launch to be hosted by PfL (2008.10.17)

Ecology, Spirituality and Ethics on the agenda of the III World Forum of Theology and Liberation (2008.09.10)

Engage the powers of destruction, churches urged by international feminist theologians (2008.08.18)

Seek spirituality that energizes and sustains justice movements (2008.05.26)

ECOT marks 25th year seeking to ‘transform, re-form tourism’ (2008.04.09)

Faith leaders urge Japan to uphold Article 9 - Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution (2007.11.29-12.01)

LOCAL ADVOCACY

Philippine theological response to Kairos Palestine: a time to end silence, PISFP (2011.11.30)

Philippine conference launches interfaith forum on Palestine (2010.12.07)

International church delegation calls for release of Morong 43, land and justice to Hacienda Luisita workers – NCCP news release (2010.12.04)

“There is Hope” in the Philippines – WCC news release (2010.12.03)

Philippine solidarity with UK National Methodist Conference (2010.06.25)

Philippine churches, WCC, UCC condemn slaying of church workers (2010.06.25)

Philippine World Week for Peace in Palestine (2010.06.07)

PfL-ECOT, local partners hear plea from community periled by tourism (2009.12)

Philippines: Church people, environmental groups call for ecological wholeness amid environmental crisis (2009.08.25)

Tourism is part of development aggression, says consultation (2008.11.17)

PfL, ECOT, Philippine groups probe impacts of global tourism (2008.10.27)

Tourism in the Philippines: A View from the Underside (2008.09.10)

Tourism in the Philippines: A View from the Underside - PDF version

Media Advisory (2008.10.21)

Filipinos remember 60th year of the Palestine Nakbah (2008.06.26)

Jerusalem Prayer

A Time for Palestine

Palestine Solidarity

I N D E X

A B O U T T H I S P R O J E C T

ACTION ALERT

Petition to protest OECD tourism conference in Jerusalem (2010.07.29)

World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, 4-10 June 2009 (2009.01.22)

UNRWA Appeal for Donations (2009.01.13)

Urgent Appeal: Defence for Children International – Palestine Section (2009.01.14)

A Call for all Freedom supporters (2009.01.14)

Letter to WCC member churches in the Middle East (2009.01.07)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

International Cultural Festival Along The Wall Near Rachel’s Tomb In Bethlehem – 30 April - 1 May 2009

Fourth Bil’in Conference on grassroots popular resistance (2009.12.14)

The Palestinian Summer Celebration 2009 – 14 June 2009 - 16 August 2009

Olive Planting Program (Alternative Tourism Group and Joint Advocacy Initiative) – February 2009

Christmas Pilgrimage for Peace – 28 December 2008 - 10 January 2009

Annual Olive Harvest: Al-Mazzra’a Al-Qubalia – 20 October - 4 November 2008

Peace Cycle Rides for Justice – 14-29 August 2008

INTERFAITH PEACE PILGRIMAGE TO PALESTINE (2007.11.4-13)

Narrative Report (2008.03.10)

Narrative Report - PDF version

List of Participants (2007.11.30)

Confronting Empire: People of Faith in Support of Palestine Media Release (2007.11.13)

PLEDGE OF COMMITMENT: People of Faith with Palestine in Struggle - Amman Conference Declaration (2007.11.12)

Message from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (2007.11.01)

Concept Paper (2007.06.12)

RESOURCES

It’s Time for Palestine (Liturgy) (2010.06.03)

STATEMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES

Philippine Church Leaders’ Statement for Just Peace in Palestine (2010.06.03)

Israel is Deporting Jerusalem Christians (2008.06.19)

Solidarity prayer for the 60th anniversary of the Nakbah (2008.06.12)

Message of Solidarity for the 60th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (2008.06.07)

World without Empire

I N D E X

2010

World without Empire: A PfL Conference in New York (2010.08.12)

About the conference

Programme (tentative)

Peace Festival

World without Empire poster, flyer & logo

2008-2009: DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

Concept paper (December 2009)

Project proposal: World Without Empire: A People’s Congress on Spirit, Movements and the End of U.S. Domination (2008.06.22)

Witness for Justice

I N D E X

COLOMBIA

PEOPLE’S FORUM IN COLOMBIA 2009: A Joint Programme of Peace for Life and a Consortium of Colombian NGOs (Project Proposal) (2008.09.22)

Resource page: Links to resources on Colombia within the PfL site and around the Web

NEPAL

International Solidarity Mission for Peace in Nepal (2006.05.26-06.02)

The visit of the international peace mission led by Peace for Life – report by Dr. K.B. Rokaya, 12 June 2006

Communiqué – issued on 31 May 2006 by the international delegation

The Nepal Tragedy

– background materials for the visiting team

Concept paper

PHILIPPINES

PERMANENT PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL: SECOND SESSION ON THE PHILIPPINES

Statement on the first anniversary of the Permanent People’s Tribunal Second Session on the Philippines (2008.03.24)

Repression and Resistance - Proceedings of the PPT Second Session on the Philippines (2007.11)

VERDICT of the PPT Second Session on the Philippines

(2007.03.26)

Summation of the Plaintiffs - PPT Second Session on the Philippines

(2007.03.23)

INDICTMENT charging Gloria Arroyo, George W. Bush and their accomplices of grave rights abuses

(2007.03.23)

PPT Verdict: Arroyo guilty of crimes against humanity (2007.03.26)

Summary of the Indictment (2007.02.06)

PPT Second Session on the Human Rights Violations in the Philippines - Press Release (2007.03.14)

Message of Endorsement for the PPT from Archbishop Desmond Tutu (2007.03.14)

Statement of Support (2007.02.05)

PPT General Secretary Formal Opening Speech (2006.10.30)

CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE KILLINGS OF FILIPINO ACTIVISTS

Filipino activists elevate international campaign to stop extrajudicial killings (2007.03.19)

Support the PPT hearing on political killings and gross violations of Filipino people’s rights (2007.02.19)

ECUMENICAL VOICE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PHILIPPINES (2007.03.15)

First-hand Account on the US Senate Hearing - Media Release, Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines

Bishops, Other Church Leaders, Back Call to Review US Military Aid to RP - Press Release, National Council of Churches in the Philippines

US Congress asked to make sure military, development aid to RP gov’t not used to perpetrate human rights abuse - News Release, Philippine Working Group in the USA

External links

Full Circle: The Philippines and the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal

Tribunale Permanente Dei Popoli

What is the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal? Brief background

Algiers Declaration: Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples

Peace Charter

I N D E X

PEOPLE’S CHARTER ON PEACE FOR LIFE

Final Draft for Adoption: PEOPLE’S CHARTER ON PEACE FOR LIFE (2008.09.17)

Download: People’s Charter on Peace for Life (2008.09.22)

Project Proposal: People’s Charter on Peace for Life (2007.08.30)

Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms

THE PROJECT

PUBLIC EVENTS

To be updated with details as they become available

RESOURCES

To be updated

Women, war & Empire

I N D E X

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

Project proposal: Programme on Women Confronting Globalisation and War (Working Draft) (2008.09.04)

Faith, culture & Empire

I N D E X

2011

Inter-facing Feminist Theology, Dalit Theology and Tribal/Adivasi Theology, NCC India (2011.11.20)

The New Social Media and the Reshaping of Communication in the 21st Century, H. Köchler (2011.10.25)

The Decline of the United States of America (2011.10.19)

9-11: Ten Years After (2011.09.07)

Churches and The Cold War: A Third World Perspective with Special Reference to Asia (2011.09.07)

Religion, radicalism and peace, A. A. Engineer (2011.08.06)

Some Comments on the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC)
Message and “The Ecumenical Call to Just Peace” (2011.07.12)

Killing of Osama and its Implications for Islamic World (2011.05.16)

The State of The Empire: Some Reflections on the Geopolitical Situation (2011.05.07)

Kairos consciousness (2011.03.25)

MEDITATION - Journey to Peace (2011.02.16)

"Where the empire lies, people suffer" (2011)

2010

FINAL STATEMENT - Transforming Communities: Christians and Muslims Building a Common Future (2010.11.04)

Remembering Sep 11 and our common religious heritage (2010.09.10)

Mosque near Ground Zero! (2010.08.20)

NCCC-USA statements supporting ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ (2010.08.12)

2009

Proposed Declaration for the second version of the Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace (2009.10.24)

The Bangkok Declaration and Call (2009.04.02)

Call for international Christian solidarity to overcome caste-based discrimination (2009.04.02)

Solidarity with Oppressed Groups A Christian Responsibility (2009.03.27)

Culture and Empire: The imperial claim to cultural supremacy versus the dialectics of cultural identity (2009.03.22)

World’s churches wrestle with the ancient system of caste-based discrimination (2009.03.25)

Religion and Identity in a Globalising World (2009.03.17)

Religion as Protest: Religion in Power (2009.03.16)

‘Religion in Our Time’ in the Context of Asia (2009.03.14)

Islam and AIDS: Between Scorn, Pity and Justice (2009.02)

WCC United States Conference letter to President Obama (2009.01.20)

Compassion in Islam - Theology and History (2009.01)

2008

Critique of Radical Islamism (2008.12.26)

The Christ child, the vulnerable and human rights (2008.12.28)

2008 Faith in Human Rights Statement (2008.12.10)

Islam and Compassion: A scriptural, historical and contemporary perspective (2008.12)

Ideology of Hindutva is Sheer Fascism: Swami Agnivesh (2008.11.21)

Revitalization of the Ecumenical Movement (2008.11.20)

Islamophobia in the West: How Muslims Should Respond (2008.11.19)

Seoul Statement: International Consultation on Revitalizing Ecumenical Movement (2008.11.15)

The Concept of Jihad in Islam (2008.09.22)

The prophetic challenge: “Few are guilty, but all are responsible” (2008.08.10)

Spirituality and Justice Movements (2008.05.26)

Christian Discipleship In A Broken World (2008.05.16)

Justice Movements and Spirituality: A View from Cuba (2008.05.15)

Book Review: On Christian Zionism (2008.03.15)

2004 to 2007

Spirituality and Respect for Diversity (2007.01.19)

Different Beliefs, Common Struggles: Solidarity in the Face of Empire and War (2007.01.08)

The Mumbai Declaration on Peace and Justice: Agenda for Action (2006.12.01-03)

Signs of the Times: The Era of Terrorism and Fundamentalism (2006.07.15)

Manila Declaration: An Ecumenical Faith Stance Against Global Empire (2006.07.15)

Theology of Resistance Against Empire and the Theory of Just War(2004.11.28-12.04)

Sowing Seeds of Peace in the Era of Empire: Christians in Solidarity with Muslims (2004.11.28-12.04)

Palestine, Iraq & the Middle East

I N D E X

2011

JUST Campaign: No to Military Intervention in Syria; No to Military Strikes against Iran (2011.12.10)

The Bethlehem Call: Here we stand - Stand with us (2011.12.10)

The Right to Water - A Policy of Denial and Forced Displacement in the OPT, PCHRO (2011.11.29)

I.P.O. Statement on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (2011.11.29)

Reclaiming the Good News of the Holy Land and the Imperative of Interfaith Solidarity to Resist Empire:
A Philippine theological response to Kairos Palestine, PISFP (2011.11.15)

Russel Tribunal Cape Town Session finding: Israel subjects Palestinians to apartheid (2011.11.07)

Libya recolonised, A. Ahmad (2011.11)

US Afghanistan Invasion 10th Anniversary: 5.6 Million War-related Deaths (2011.10.10)

The Syria Veto (2011.10.06)

Looking back at "September": Reclaiming the Palestinian Story (2011.10)

STATEMENT - The UN: Problem or Solution (2011.09.05)

Uprising in Middle East: Making a new world possible? (2011.08.27)

Palestine: The Enterprise of Declaring a State (2011.08.11)

Justice for Palestine: A Call to Action from Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists (2011.07.11)

OPEN LETTER - Kairos Palestine responds to Archbishop of Canterbury (2011.06.18)

Pakistan-US relations in the post-Osama era (2011.05.30)

What is Happening to the Arab Uprising? (2011.05.03)

The Revolutions in the Arab World: The Promise and the Illusion (2011.04.20)

PRESS RELEASE - Kairos Southern Africa's Response to Palestine Kairos (2011.04.08)

Sabeel 8th International Conference Statement (2011.02.28)

The Evolution of the Palestine Problem and the Status of Jerusalem: Force of Law or Law of Force? (2011.02.26)

Who commands our allegiance, God or Caesar? (2011)

Bil'in model of wall resistance, I. Burnat (2010.10.05)

2010

Of Kingdoms and Empires (2010.11.25)

Praying for Peace in Palestine-Israel (2010.06.03)

2009

Do Palestinian Christians hold the key to peace and justice in the Middle East? (2009.12.19)

Palestinian Christians draw a line in the Sand (2009.12.16)

The Kairos Palestine Document (Preface) (2009.12.11)

The Ultimate Earmark: U.S. Military Aid to Israel (2009.03.05)

War on Gaza (27 Dec 2008 - 18 Jan 2009) – Links to information and resources (2009.01)

WCC Statement on The Gaza War (2009.02.24)

Report on the Humanitarian Situation (2009.01.23)

Statement by Rev. Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann (2009.01.15)

How the system of occupation and control leads to extreme exposure to violence (2009.01.13)

Call for creation of United Nations War Crimes Commission (2009.01.08)

Mahatma Gandhi on the Palestine Question (2009.01.06)

2008

The Gaza Massacre in Perspective (2008.12.31)

War on Gaza: Statement by Richard Falk (2008.12.27)

A Code of Conduct for Tourism in the Holy Land (2008.12)

A Code of Conduct for Tourism in the Holy Land

IPO Statement on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (2008.11.27)

Palestine in the Middle East: Opposing Neoliberalism and US Power - Part 1 (2008.07.19)

Palestine in the Middle East: Opposing Neoliberalism and US Power - Part 2 (2008.07.19)

Restoring the Palestinian Vineyard with Its Fullness for All (2008.06.13)

“India and Israel Eye Iran” (2008.02.13)

2004 to 2007

The Empire and the Middle East (2007.11.11)

Breaking the Yoke of Empire and Occupation: People of Faith with Palestine in Struggle (2007.11.10)

PfL Palestine Mission Reader (Parts 1, 2 and 3) (2007.08.11)

Palestine’s New Partition (2007.06.25)

US churches call Bush plan to send more troops to Iraq “immoral” (2007.01.11)

20 March 2005: The Second Year of the U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (2006.03.18)

Valuing LIFE Amid An Unjust War (2004.07.13)

Sovereignty Resides In The People! Handover Blurs the Truth (2004.06.29)

Where there is Violence, Let Us Sow Peace: A Call for Greater Vigilance in the June 30 U.S. Handover of Sovereignty to Iraq (2004.06.07)

The World Still Says NO to War and YES to Peace: Global Day of Action Against War and Occupation (2004.03.21)

After the Carnage, A Vote Against War: A Message of Solidarity with the Peace-Loving People of Spain and in Support of Spanish Pullback from Iraq (2004.03.19)

A Call to Reclaim Peace and Affirm Life: An Invitation to the March 20 Global Day of Action Against War and Occupation (2004.03.05)

PALESTINE UPDATE

PALESTINE UPDATE: Articles on Palestine, compiled from web sources and circulated by Alternatives-Badayl

No. 96 (2009.02.25) Targeting Israel with Boycotts, Divestment, Sanctions, and Prosecutions

No. 96 (2009.02.20) Where are the Weapons?

No. 95 (2009.02.19) Israel’s Naked Zionfascism

No. 94 (2009.02.18) Chomsky on Gaza

No. 93 (2009.02.17) Apartheid Israel Gaza Massacre

No. 93 (2009.02.11) The Palestine-Israel Question on South Bulletin

No. 92 (2009.01.16) Jewish responses to Gaza siege

No. 91 (2009.01.07) Pax Christi International letter to UN on Gaza

No. 80 (2009.01.05) Why Israel went to war in Gaza

No. 79 (2009.01.05) Gaza: U.S. media has it wrong

No. 78 (2009.01.04) An Experiment in Provocation: Stealing Gaza

No. 75 (2009.01.02) Why bombing Ashkelon is the most tragic irony

No. 74 (2009.01.01) ‘The injured were lying there asking God to let them die’

No. 73 (2008.12.31) Stop the Massacre in Gaza – Boycott Israel Now!

No. 72 (2008.12.29) Gaza Massacres Must Spur Us to Action

No. 69 (2008.12.28) OPGAI Denounces Israeli Massacre in Gaza Strip

No. 68 (2008.12.25) It Is About Time to Boycott the US

No. 67 (2008.12.24) Nazi Israel... Indeed

No. 65 (2008.12.23) Gaza: The Untold Story

No. 64 (2008.12.23) Palestinian Civil Society Position Paper Towards the UN Durban Review Conference

No. 63 (2008.11.25) UNGA head accuses Israel of apartheid

No. 55 (2008.10.22) Lock maker Assa Abloy to move West Bank plant

No. 53 (2008.10.01) Failure Written in West Bank Stone

No. 52 (2008.10.01) Israel’s Breeding Ground for Jewish Terrorism

No. 51 (2008.09.21) Venezuela’s Support for Palestine: A Model for Third World Diplomacy

No. 50 (2008.09.20) Racism, Propaganda - The Palestinian Right to Return

No. 49 (2008.09.18) Jaffa’s ‘Renewal’ Aims At Expulsion of Palestinians

No. 48 (2008.09.04) Israel Turns Gaza into Prison for UConn Fulbright Scholar

No. 47 (2008.09.04) Palestinian Village Faces Army Reign of Terror

No. 45 (2008.08.26) Palestine Solidarity Campaign Online Petition

No. 44 (2008.08.25) Two reports on Free Gaza boats arrival in Gaza

No. 43 (2008.08.19) Can a Handful of International Activists and Two Boats break The Siege of Gaza?

No. 42 (2008.08.16) ‘We are running out of time for a two-state solution’

No. 41 (2008.08.07) President Obama Up against the Middle East “Berlin Wall”

No. 40 (2008.08.06) Olmert’s Departure: The Perfect Alibi

No. 39 (2008.08.04) Obama Joins the Club

No. 38 (2008.08.02) Palestinians Face Home Demolitions Spree by Israel

No. 37 (2008.07.31) From Usurpation to Liberation: The Palestinian Hope

No. 36 (2008.07.30) Reflection on the Role of the Israeli Peace Camp

No. 35 (2008.07.27) Been There And Done What? Canada’s Role In The Israel-Palestine Conflict

No. 34 (2008.06.27) Zionism’s Dead End

People’s struggles for peace & justice

I N D E X

2008-2009

Statement on Peace, Security and Development in South Asia (2009.04.08)

The Underside of Human Rights (2008.12.15)

The arbitrary deprivation of life (2008.05.30)

AFRICA

AACC Statement on Zimbabwe (2008.12.11)

Beyond Horror in Rwanda and DRC: The Second Voksenaasen Statement 2008 (2008.11.21)

Statement at the Voksenaasen dialogue conference on the unpredictable past and future of Genocide

Urgent Call: Protect the Right to Life, Dignity and Democracy in Zimbabwe! (2008.11.14)

COLOMBIA

Colombia: Growing International Support for Peace (2009.03.24)

Christian Peacemaker Teams chart humanitarian law violations in Colombia (2009.03.03)

Awá Massacre Indicative of Lack of Protection for Colombia’s Indigenous (2009.02.12)

Humanity versus hatred in Colombia (2009.01.06)

The Colombian people want and deserve peace, say Living Letters (2008.12.18)

Brussels Declaration Concerning Human Rights Violations in Colombia (2008.09.17)

Violation of Human Rights in Colombia as A State Crime (2008.07.31)

Verdict of the International Tribunal of Opinion on Forced Displacement in Colombia (2008.01.21)

Symbolic court finds Colombian state complicit in crimes against humanity (2006.11.25)

Verdict of the International Tribunal Against Impunity: The Cases of Ciudad Bolívar and Cazucá

Veredicto del Tribunal Internacional Contra la Impunidad: Casos de Ciudad Bolívar y Cazucá

ECUADOR

Change Triumphs In Ecuador’s Constitutional Referendum (2008.10.09)

INDIA

Rethinking counterterrorism after Mumbai (2008.12.11)

Jaipur public tribunal on terror in the name of countering terror (2008.12.10)

Tackling Terrorism: A Call to Hindu and Muslim Religious Leaders (2008.12.08)

Terrorist Attack on Mumbai – What Should Be Done (2008.12.03)

Statement on Religious Violence and Intolerance in India (2008.09.26)

Condemn the Orissa Violence (2008.09.03)

Witch Hunting Muslims in the name of Fighting Terrorism (2008.08.24)

NEPAL

Nepal: Sustainable Peace and Change? (2008.08.09)

The War in Nepal is Over! (2006.11.22)

PHILIPPINES

Living Letters Visit to the Philippines (2010.12.05)

US churches seek Congress human rights action on the Philippines (2009.03.29)

Episcopal Church challenges extra-judicial killings in the Philippines (2009.03.24)

Situation of indigenous peoples in the Philippines: Urgent Appeal to the UN (2009.01.05)

The Collapse of Peace in Mindanao (2008.10.23)

Honouring The Memory of Bishop Alberto Ramento (2008.10.03)

Strengthening Interfaith Movement Amidst the Philippine Government’s All-out War Campaigns (2008.05)

Pressure Continues to Stop the Killings in the Philippines (2008.02.15)

Christians, Muslims and justpeace in the Philippines (2007.12.03)

Let the Stones Cry Out: An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action

Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines: The Churches’ Response (2006.09.15)

Peace for Life Statement on the Murder of Bishop Alberto B. Ramento (2006.10.09)

Full Report: Pastoral Ecumenical Delegation Visit to the Philippines (2005.07.21)

Joint WCC/CCA press release: Pastoral Ecumenical Delegation Visit to the Philippines (2005.07.20)

Additional Resources on the Philippine Human Rights Crisis

Alston Statement - Press statement of Phillip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2007.02.21)

Melo Report - Report of the Independent Commission to Address Media and Activist Killings, chaired by Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose A. R. Melo (2007.01.22)

Amnesty International Report on the Philippines (2006.08)

SRI LANKA

Verdict of the People’s Tribunal on Sri Lanka (2010.01.22)

Completed Final Report

WCC Demands Release of Sri Lankan Ecumenical Official (2009.04.22)

Day of Reckoning in Sri Lanka (2009.04.20)

A slaughter of Tamils (2009.04.13)

Sri Lanka, a “humanitarian crisis exceeding all imaginable proportions” (2009.04.09)

The silent horror of the war in Sri Lanka (2009.03.30)

Prayers for Sri Lanka (2009.02.20)

Religious leaders ask Secretary Clinton to assert U.S. influence in Sri Lanka (2009.12.16)

Global Ministries and GMP Urge Obama Administration to End Violence in Sri Lanka (2009.02.03)

Sri Lanka: A Humanitarian Catastrophe – Links to news and information

PUCL Statement: Humanitarian Crisis in northern Sri Lanka – Appeal to the United Nations (2009.01.31)

PUCL Statement: Humanitarian Crisis in northern Sri Lanka

The Mixed Message of the Military Solution (2009.01.17)

Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province: Land, Development, Conflict (2008.10.15)

Statement on Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka (2008.09.26)

The War and International Solidarity (2008.09.22)

Commemorating July 1983: Bridges that Continue to Hold (2008.07.21)

Violence, ethnicity, religion and ancient symbols (2008.05.12)

Casualty Count (2007.04.06)

Gender perspectives on war & hegemonies

I N D E X

2010

Women Resisting Crisis and War (2010.07.21)

Vatican Miscategorizes Women’s Rights Advocates with Child Abusers (2010.06.16)

2008 to 2009

Dehumanising the Muslim woman (2009.04.20)

Churches Called to Recognize Image of God in Dalit Women (2009.03.27)

Rights of Women in Islam (Third Edition) (2009.02.13)

Exploring the Reality and Theological Challenges of Ecology, Economy and Empire from Feminist Perspectives (2008.08.18)

Statement on the Gang-Rape by Soldiers of U.S. MCAS Iwakuni (2008.03.08)

AWC statement on sexual violence by US soldiers (2008.02.20)

Militarisation, militarism & US bases

I N D E X

2011

Save Jeju Island! Don't bomb Gureombi! U.S. troops out of Korea now!, Asia Pacific Anti-Us Bases Network (2011.11.17)

Towards A Nuclear Weapon Free World (2011.05.23)

2010

A Call to Prayer over the Yeonpyeong Island Incident (2010.11.26)

A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: An Ecumenical Call from Hwacheon (2010.11.22)

2009

Regional and Global Nuclear Disarmament: Going Beyond the NPT (2009.04.21)

Press Release on Obama's Call for a “world without nuclear weapons” (2009.04.13)

Move towards a nuclear-weapon-free world, churches tell NATO (2009.03.31)

2008

Letter to President-elect Barack Obama (2008.12)

Anti-Bases Coalition Pushes U.S. Military Base out of Ecuador (2008.11.05)

US troops leave Ecuador, When will they leave Honduras? (2008.10.09)

Statement on the 17th anniversary of the rejection of the RP-US Military Bases Treaty (2008.09.15)

OUT NOW! questions US troops involvement in Philippine Army operations in Baliki, Midsayap (2008.08.21)

Court judged Japanese forces dispatch to Iraq unconstitutional (2008.06.01)

Japanese church peace activist wins court claim on Iraq deployment (2008.04.29)

Resolution in Support of Japan’s Article 9 and Peace in Asia and the World (2008.04.10)

US warship not welcome (2008.03.26)

2004 to 2007

Asia Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 and Peace in Asia (2007.12.01)

Article 9 and the Militarized World: What Can We Do? (2007.11.30)

Concept Paper: Article 9 and Peace in Asia (2007.07.08)

No Bases Network born in the Middle of the World (2007.03.27)

Resist the U.S. Empire in Mindanao (2004.12.04)

Life’s resources & the global economy

I N D E X

2010 to 2011

Muslims and Christians Engaging Structural Greed Today (2011.09.30)

Protests are good (2011.09.29)

God or greed? A Muslim view (2011.09.27)

Yogyakarta Declaration 2011: "Communicating Climate Justice" (2011.06.02)

Why Capitalism is Death-bound and How People Can Opt for Life: A Theological Proposal to Economists (2011.03.25)

A Buddhist-Christian Common Word on Structural Greed (2011.08.26)

Caribbean book is a cry for life (2010.01.19)

2009

The Chiang Mai Declaration (2009.11.06)

Ecological Debt in Theological Perspective (2009.09.08)

Peace and Wholeness of Life for All: A Call for an ‘Eco-Just’ World (2009.08.13)

Global finances can and must change - here’s how (2009.02.12)

2008

“Move towards Life-Giving Oikos” (2008.12.16)

People’s Statement on the Global Crisis (2008.12.15)

Faith and Feasibility – Responsibly searching for a “new heaven and a new earth” (2008.12.12)

Tourism in the Philippines: A View from the Underside – a report on the ECOT-PfL Consultation (2008.12)

Contours, Vol. 18 No. 4 December 2008

The Uppsala Interfaith Climate Manifesto 2008 (2008.11.29)

The Time for Justice is Now: Statement on the Doha Outcome Document (2008.11.29)

Counter-Memorandum to reject the memorandum on entrepreneurial action of the EKD on biblical, theological and economic grounds (2008.10.31)

Tourism in the Philippines: A View from the Underside (2008.10.24)

A Moral Economy of Tourism (2008.10.22)

State and Trends of Global Tourism: Setting the Context (2008.10.21)

WCC general secretary’s statement on the global food crisis (2008.10.16)

World Tourism Day 2008: A South Perspective (2008.09.27)

Practicing the Rage: Perspectives from 25 years of civil society engagement in Tourism (2008.07.07)

Church Leaders Release Statement on Climate Change (2008.06.12)

African Church Leaders’ Statement on climate change and water (2008.06.05)

Food and Faith: A call to churches on the global food crisis (2008.06.05)

Overcome humanity’s “greed”: Churches respond to the food crisis (2008.06.05)

Oikotree – putting justice at the heart of faith (2008.01.24)

2005 to 2006

The Future of Ecumenical Engagement for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
in the Context of Neoliberal, Imperial Dominance: Perspectives and Challenges from the South (2006.10.27-28)

Resistance to Empire and Interfaith Solidarity:
Response to Keynote Speech on Globalization and Response of the Church (2006.06.16)

Call to People of Faith to Resist Capitalist Globalisation and Work Together for Life-Enhancing Alternatives (2005.12.17)

PfL Statement on the WTO 6th Ministerial Conference (2005.0928)

PFL E-News

I N D E X

Issue summary

2009 November-December
Feature story: “Work for climate justice ‘not done yet’, vow advocates after Copenhagen collapse”

2009 October 5

2009 July 31

PDF download

2009 November-December

2009 October 5

2009 July 31

INSIGHT

Is hypocrisy sanctified?, M. Qumsiyeh (2011.11.30)

My EAPPI experience, M. Domoguen (2011.09.30)

Norway Attacks and Us, by Gabriel Banda (2011.08.25)

Libya and Just War, by Gabriel Banda (2011.06.11)

Palestinian Responsibility (2010.07.12)

Paean for Afghan People, poem by Mustafa Kamal Sherwani (2009.04.11)

Gaza children in Christian eyes, by Yusef Daher (2009.01.31)

VOX Newsletter, January 2009 Issue No. 43

Open Letter to President-Elect Barak Obama, by Bernard Sabella (2009.01.09)

Thoughts on Terror, by Yoginder Sikand (2008.09.16)

Seeing Through the Eyes of the Other, by Farid Esack (2008.08.12)

Questioning tourism directions in the Third World, by Caesar D’Mello (2008.07)

My Palestine Visit, by Irfan Engineer (2008.01.11)

Letter to an Israeli in Christmas Time, by Bernard Sabella (2007.12.20)

Apartheid Wall (poem), by Stiaan Van Der Merwe (2007.12.07)

ISF Delhi 2006 and beyond..., by Sagarika Chetty (2006.11.13)

LETTERS

A letter from Bernie and Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta (2008.11.26)

Words of remembrance for Clement John (2008.06.05)

Cry Tears for Burmese People, from Emma Cantor (2008.05.23)

Message from Toshimasa Yamamoto (2008.03.29)

Time of Kairos, from Kim Yong-bock (2007.12.20)

Whitehead Christmas Letter 2007, from Rhea & Ray Whitehead (2007.12.19)

Letter of thanks from Bishop Elmer Bolocon (2007.11.07)

Earthquake in Yogyakarta, from Farsijana Risakotta (2006.06.06)

STATEMENTS

NCCP Statement on the Release of Pastor Berlin Guerrero (2008.09.16)

Solidarity Message to InPeace Mindanao on the Occasion of its Fifth Anniversary (2008.09.03)

Easter Message 2008 - Heads of Churches in Jerusalem (2008.03.19)

MECC 9th General Assembly Final Statement (2007.11.30)

ABOUT PEACE FOR LIFE

Who We Are

A Covenant of Self-Understanding and Purpose

PfL Organisation

PfL brochure 2009

PfL brochure 2004

REPORTS & DOCUMENTS

PfL 2004-2009 Narrative Report (2010.04.21)

Peace for Life Second People’s Forum (2009.03.20-23)

Bogotá Declaration: Faith and Resistance for Peace and Life in the Age of U.S./Global Empire

Report on PfL Organisational Meeting

Peace for Life 2004-2008 Narrative Report

First People’s Forum on Peace for Life (2004.11-12)

Coordinator’s Report

A Call to Solidarity and Action: Final Conference Statement

Narrative Report

Proceedings (PDF)

International Workshop on People’s Forum on Peace for Life (2003.10.13)

No Peace Without Justice: Closing Declaration

Report of the International Workshop on People’s Forum on Peace for Life

International Ecumenical Conference on Terrorism in a Globalized World (2002.09.23-26)

Report to Participants and Partners on Follow-up to the Conference

Manila Covenant on Peace for Life: Conference Declaration

Concept Paper

2007 to 2010

Philippine World Week for Peace in Palestine: “Without Fear of Empire: Global People’s Resistance”
2010 May 29 to June 4 | Philippines

Peace for Life Second People's Forum
2009 March 20-23 | Bogotá, Colombia

Ecumenical Coalition on Tourism and Peace for Life Consultation: “Tourism in the Philippines: A View from the Underside”
2008 OCTOBER 21-23 | Quezon City, Philippines

Youth Cafe 2008 and Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Palestine: 60th Anniversary of Nakbah
2008 June 7 | Bantayog ng mga Bayani | Quezon City, Philippines

Peace for Life at the World Social Forum
2007 January 20-24 | Nairobi, Kenya

2006

Øystein Tveter and Eilert Rostrup of Karibu Foundation visit the Philippines
2006 December 4-11 | Philippines

Mumbai International Peace Festival: “A Peaceful World is Possible” 2006 December 1-3 | Mumbai, India

Hwacheon Workshop to draft the People’s Charter on Peace for Life
2006 October 15-17 | Hwacheon Water Museum, South Korea

WARC Ecumenical Consultation on Faith Stance on Global Empire: “Theological Reflection and Faiths Action Global Empire” 2006 July 13-16 | Antipolo City, Philippines

International Solidarity Mission for Peace in Nepal
2006 May 26-31 | Kathmandu, Nepal

2002 to 2005

Peace for Life Continuation Committee Meeting
2005 December 14-17 | Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre, Hong Kong

Peace for Life members join anti-WTO protests
2005 December 13 | Hong Kong

Peace for Life women attend Ecumenical Women’s Forum on Trade
2005 December 12-14 | YMCA, Wu Kai Sha, Hong Kong

First People’s Forum on Peace for Life: “Sowing Seeds of Peace in the Era of Empire: Christians in Solidarity with Muslims” 2004 November 28 - December 4 | Davao City, Philippines

Public Forum on Women’s Perspective on War and Globalization
2004 August 30 | UCCP Shalom Centre, Manila, Philippines

International Ecumenical Conference on Terrorism in a Globalised World
“Prospects for Peace and Security in Asia: The Philippines in the Expanding Front of the War on Terror”
2002 September 23-26 | Manila, Philippines

PFL MATERIALS

Banners and Posters

Brochures

CONTACT FORMS

Post message

Comment on an article

Join Peace for Life

Support Peace for Life

ALBUM CONTRIBUTIONS

Share your photos and get them published here

Request high resolution photos from our album