The Seventh-day Adventist world church strongly advocates tobacco control and works to stop sexual trafficking, said James Standish, associate director of the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty department to of the world church. This is based on our beliefs and a history of advocacy, he said to a room of Adventist lawyers.
With each table of lawyers looking like a mini-United Nations, a July 7 luncheon brought together Adventist lawyers to discuss human rights in their part of the world. The lawyers were all visiting the Adventist world church's business meetings in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Roy Branson, director for the Center for Law and Public Policy at Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland, organized the meeting.
"Since we don't have any Adventist law schools this is a good opportunity for Adventist lawyers to fellowship," he said. He added that the meeting often took on a human rights theme. The luncheon included interviews with several prominent Adventist lawyers and judges about human rights in their countries.
St. Louis, Missouri United States,
ANN Staff
With each table of lawyers looking like a mini-United Nations, a July 7 luncheon brought together Adventist lawyers to discuss human rights in their part of the world. The lawyers were all visiting the Adventist world church's business meetings in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Roy Branson, director for the Center for Law and Public Policy at Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland, organized the meeting.
"Since we don't have any Adventist law schools this is a good opportunity for Adventist lawyers to fellowship," he said. He added that the meeting often took on a human rights theme. The luncheon included interviews with several prominent Adventist lawyers and judges about human rights in their countries.
St. Louis, Missouri United States,
ANN Staff
