Drafting Group - Origin and mandate

During its 9th Assembly held in Porto Alegre, members of the ecumenical adopted a statement on “Vulnerable populations at risk. Statement on the responsibility to protect”, where they made the following recommendation:

h) Asks the Central Committee to consider a study process engaging all member churches and ecumenical organisations in order to develop an extensive ecumenical declaration on peace, firmly rooted in an articulated theology. This should deal with topics such as just peace, the Responsibility to Protect, the role and the legal status of non-state combatants, the conflict of values (for example: territorial integrity and human life). It should be adopted at the conclusion of the Decade to Overcome Violence in 2010. [read more...]

The International Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace that will be adopted at the Convocation in 2011 (in Kingston, Jamaica) will be one of the culminating points of the Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV). With this in mind, a Drafting Group composed of eminent theologians from different confessions has been formed in order to reflect on the Declaration on Peace.

Composition of the Drafting Group

The Drafting Group met for the very first time in July 2008, in Nadi (Fidji). The Group is composed of the following eight people: