News 2024
GAF Strengthens China Partnerships: Ethics, AI Governance and Intercultural Cooperation
The Geneva Agape Foundation (GAF) strengthened its long-standing engagement with China through an institutional and academic mission in September 2026, bringing together universities, researchers and civil-society organisations around some of the major questions...
Side Event
Various side events at UN Geneva, at the GAF building and in conference locations in Geneva have been held, on Artificial intelligence, on Human Rights and others. The GAF President and Board members participated in many webinars and conferences as keynote speakers,...
News 2026
“Spirit of ...” will be the next international conference of GAF, in Geneva, on Saturday 6 March 2027. It will look at different concepts and movements of soft power to strengthen international multilateralism in the current crisis. More information will follow in...
Human Rights in the United States: GAF contribution for UPR
Human Rights in the United States: GAF contribution for UPR
All UN member countries undergo regularly a UN Universal Periodic Review UPR. Member countries and also other entities such as NGO’s can submit documents, in which they review the past recommendations of the UN Human Rights Council, progress made or not made and new recommendations. GAF in its UPR Submission on USA of 4 April 2025 acknowledges some progress, but major decrease of Human Rights in the USA under the current administration.
2025: Academic Exploration
2025: Academic Exploration: A delegation of the Law School at Nankai University near Beijing explored with GAF (represented by its President) in Geneva possible ways of academic cooperation on mutual understanding of human rights via studies and exchange.
2025: AI and Global Human Rights Challenges
21 March 2025 GAF President Cristoph Stückelberger participated at a side event panel discussion during the UN Human Rights Council on 21 March 2025 on “AI and Global Human Rights Challenges”. Artificial Intelligence has manifold positive and negative impacts on Human Rights.
NGO’s: Advancing Women’s Rights for an Equitable and Sustainable Future
2025: Advancing Women’s Rights through UN
13 March 2025
During the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Geneva Agape Foundation together with the China Network for International Exchange CNIE organised a side event on 13 March 2025. 30 years after the UN-Summit on Women’s Rights 1995 in Beijing, the side event reflected the progress and the recommendations for next steps. On the panel, GAF-President Christoph Stückelberger presented his paper on Advancing Women’s Rights.
Chinese Catechism on Ten Commandments in German: book launch
Chinese Catechism on Ten Commandments in German: book launch:
Board member Prof. Dr You Bin, Professor at the Minzu University in Beijing and Director of its Academy of Religions, wrote a book on the understanding of the biblical ten commandments from a Chinese intercultural perspective. The German edition of the book was launched on 30 Aug 2024 in Zurich.
Chinese Values: New Book of GAF Board member Liu Baocheng
GAF Board member Prof. Dr Liu Baocheng, Prof. Of Business Ethics at Beijing university UIBE wrote a profound 750 pages book on “Chinese Values: Conception and Praxis”. He shows in details the values through 3000 years of Chinese history through the dynasties and religions such as Taoism, Buddhism and Christianity, up to the current “Socialist Values with Chinese Characteristics”. A true guide for critical dialogue with and better understanding of China. The English version of the book will be launched on 4 September 2024 in Geneva
GAF Planning 2025
The International Board of the Geneva Agape Foundation met in person in Geneva on 30 Aug and 1 Sept 2024