Leopoldo J. Niilus
Leopoldo Juan Niilus (born January 19, 1930 in Tallinn , Estonia , † February 9, 2015 in Geneva , Switzerland ) was an Argentine lawyer , director of a department of the World Council of Churches , general secretary of the United Lutheran Church of Argentina and author .
Life
Niilus comes from a Protestant family. His father was Jaan Eduard Niilus and his mother Meta nee Kiris. He discovered his interest in legal issues while attending elementary and high school . After the emigration to Argentina, he studied at the National University of Buenos Aires Law .
In the late 1960s he was appointed director of the Churches' Commission on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC / WCC). Under his leadership, there was a restructuring so that the member churches of the South gained greater influence in the WCC. In the early 1970s he played an important role in negotiating a peace treaty in Sudan .
Leopoldo J. Niilus was most recently General Secretary of the Movement for Church and Society in Latin America (ISAL) and has now initiated a series of profound changes. The headquarters of the CCIA have been moved from New York to Geneva to be closer to the newly designed WCC . A new commission, representative of all regions for the first time, was formed.
Niilus took part in the work of the Christian Peace Conference (CFK), at the III. All-Christian Peace Assembly (ACFV) he took part in 1968 in Prague . He was elected to the committee to continue their work. He sent the V. ACFV a message of greetings as CCIA General Secretary.
An Ecumenical Action for Peace and Justice, Armored Life , traveled to Geneva in May 1980 with a request for support from the WCC. They went public with a pacifist appeal, which contained the self-commitment “I am ready to live without the protection of military armor.” After talking to representatives of the CCIA Leopoldo Niilus and Ninan Koshy , their request was rejected.
In 1979, Ninan Koshy, an Indian layman , followed the then director Leopoldo Niilus in his office. He headed the CCIA until 1991.
Niilus also performed with David McDuff as a translator a . a. of a poem "Christmas Greetings 1941".
Niilus was married to Malle Reet Veerus de Niilus and has one daughter.
Publications
- Central America: A Region in Crisis. Update on El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, LWF. September 1989, mimeo., Np. (internal document)
- Walter Kreck, Leopoldo Niilus: Steps to Peace: International Treaties, Peace Work of the Churches, Peace Work on Site. Volume 81; Volume 89 from @Arnoldshainer Protocols, Evangelical Academy Arnoldshain, 1981.
- El Exodo como el Génesis de la Revolución. In: De la Iglesia y la Sociedad. Montevideo 1971, pp. 49-60.
- Some information about the different periods of Estonia's history.
- Julio de Santa Ana, Joanildo Burity and others: Beyond Idealism. a way ahead for ecumenical social ethics. (Beyond Idealism: A Path to the Future of Ecumenical Social Ethics.) Edited by Robin Gurney, Heidi Hadsell, and Lewis Mudge. Eerdmans Pub., Grand Rapids, Michigan 2006, ISBN 0-8028-3187-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Lienemann: Peace. from “just war” to “just peace”. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-525-87181-3 , p. 146 ( Google Books )
- ^ The Personal Dimension. from: online.usip.org , accessed March 9, 2012
- ↑ The conference miracle. from: groups.yohoo.com , February 6, 2007, accessed March 9, 2012
- ↑ International Affairs, Peace and Human Security. Retrieved March 9, 2012
- ↑ Christmas Greetings 1941 (Marie Under). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 9, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niilus, Leopoldo J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Niilus, Leopold Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine church lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 2015 |
| Place of death | Geneva , Switzerland |