Christian Solidarity Worldwide

CSW
Formation1977
TypeChristian charity
Legal statusUN consultative status
HeadquartersCSW has offices in London, Brussels, Casper, Wyoming, Edinburgh, Washington, D.C., and Kaduna.
Founder President
Mervyn Thomas (advocate)
CEO
Scot Bower
Websitecsw.org.uk, forbinfull.org
Formerly called
Christian Solidarity Worldwide

CSW (formerly Christian Solidarity Worldwide) is a UK-based human rights organisation which specialises in freedom of religion or belief.

CSW operates in over 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, to ensure that the right to freedom of religion or belief is upheld and protected.

Their vision is a world free from religious persecution, where everyone can practise a religion or belief of their choice. As of 2017, the organization has consultative status at the United Nations.[1][2]

Independent advocacy

CSW indicates that it is independent of any government or political persuasion, but as an advocacy organisation, CSW also aims to influence governments and other bodies on religious freedom issues in the international arena.[3] The CSW strives to influence attitudes and behaviours, legislation and policies that lead to religious discrimination and religious persecution. They try to achieve lasting change in culture, politics and society.[4]

Through its various resources, events, and initiatives, CSW also aims to mobilise the general public to pray, protest and provide on behalf of people facing discrimination, harassment, mistreatment or persecution on account of their religion or belief.

History

In the 1997, Baroness Caroline Cox founded CSW, which had splintered from Christian Solidarity International.

CSW's current founder president is Mervyn Thomas, who succeeded Jonathan Aitken in 2020.[5]

Strategies

CSW's current Annual Report (2023/24) states that, through in-depth research and advocacy, CSW compiles and analyses evidence of freedom of religion or belief violations, raises awareness, calls on nations where violations occur to uphold this right in accordance with international, national or constitutional obligations, and urges other members of the international community to hold them accountable.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Document Viewer". docs.un.org. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  2. ^ "United Nations Civil Society Participation – General". esango.un.org. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Home – Christian Solidarity Worldwide". Csw.org.uk. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  4. ^ About Christian Solidarity Worldwide Archived 21 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "CSW Website 2020". csw.org.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  6. ^ [1], CSW Annual report 2023/24.


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