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SUMMARY:Waitangi Day
DESCRIPTION:Waitangi Day marks the signing in 1840 of a treaty between representatives of the British Crown and over five hundred Māori chiefs. Claudia Orange explains that: \n\n\n\nMost chiefs signed a Māori-language version of the treaty. The English- and Māori-language versions held different meanings\, and Māori and Europeans therefore had different expectations of the treaty’s terms. Ever since\, resolution of these differences has presented New Zealand with challenges.  Claudia Orange\, ‘Treat of Waitangi’\, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand  \n\n\n\nIn a 2008 statement on the International Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, the Catholic Bishops of New Zealand said: \n\n\n\nThe Church may have initially been slow to recognise the injustices caused to indigenous peoples as part of colonisation\, but Catholic social teaching on the rights of indigenous people is now clear and unequivocal. Ecclesia in Oceania\, specifically written for our region\, asked for forgiveness for times the Church had been a party to injustices done to indigenous peoples in Oceania\, and expressed the support of the regional Bishops for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In statements on the Treaty of Waitangi (1990 and 1995) and Indigenous Peoples (1993)\, we have affirmed the Church’s commitment to work to resolve historic injustices and to reconcile peoples.  A Statement from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference on 10 December 2008.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/waitangi-day-2023-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230217T000000
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SUMMARY:2014: Murder of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati in offshore immigration detention on Manus Island
DESCRIPTION:Today we remember twenty three year old asylum seeker Reza Barati who was killed in riots at the Regional Processing Centre (RPC) on Manus Island. A Senate Committee inquiry later found that the Australian Government had failed in its duty to protect him\, and other asylum seekers\, from harm. Here is an extract from the conclusions of the Committee. \n\n\n\n8.5        In summary\, the committee has found that the events of 16 to 18 February 2014 at the Manus Island RPC were eminently foreseeable\, and may have been prevented if transferees had been given a clear pathway for the assessment of their asylum claims. Many of the problems at the centre had their origins in the events of July to October 2013\, when the centre was transformed from a mixed facility into a single adult males facility and experienced a massive influx of new transferees\, reaching more than double the initial intended capacity of the centre in the space of approximately 12 weeks. The inability of the centre’s infrastructure to cope with this influx\, combined with the complete absence of any clear refugee status determination and resettlement framework to deal with these asylum seekers\, created an environment where unrest and transferee protests were the inevitable result.  8.6        It is clear from evidence presented to the committee that the Australian Government failed in its duty to protect asylum seekers including Mr Barati from harm.  Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs report\n\n\n\nThe Manus Island RPC was found to be unconstitutional by the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court in 2016 and was shut in 2017. A number of detainees were transferred to the Bomana Immigration Detention Centre.  \n\n\n\nIn November 2019 a delegation of representatives from the Australian Catholic community traveled to Papua New Guinea to gain a deeper understanding of conditions for asylum seekers there. Read their statement here. \n\n\n\nIndependent MP Andrew Wilkie has made a complaint about the conditions of detention in Bomana to the International Criminal Court (ICC). \n\n\n\nAs SBS News report\, Director of the jurisdiction\, complementary and cooperation division of the ICC office of the prosecutor\, Phakiso Mochochoko has found that the conditions of detention “appear to have constituted cruel\, inhuman or degrading treatment.”  Read more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2014-murder-of-iranian-asylum-seeker-reza-barati-in-offshore-immigration-detention-on-manus-island-2023-02-17/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230301T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230301T235959
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day
DESCRIPTION:Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day is sometimes known as ‘Bikini’ Day because it marks the anniversary of the US ‘Bravo’ nuclear bomb detonation at Bikini Atoll in 1954.  \n\n\n\nThe explosion gouged out a crater more than 200 feet deep and a mile across\, melting huge quantities of coral which were sucked up into the atmosphere together with vast volumes of seawater. The resulting fallout caused widespread contamination in the Pacific.   Te Wharepora Hou
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/nuclear-free-and-independent-pacific-day-2023-03-01/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230303T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230303T235959
DTSTAMP:20260407T054111
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SUMMARY:International Day of Unplugging
DESCRIPTION:In the USA\, the Reboot Network initiated the National Day of Unplugging to encourage people to unplug\, unwind\, relax and do things other than using digital technology\, electronics and social media for twenty four hours beginning at sundown on the first Friday in March. It builds on the Sabbath Manifesto which draws on and adapts the Jewish tradition of the Sabbath. \n\n\n\nAs Christians in Australia\, we can also reflect on the meaning for today’s world of the commandment to keep the Lord’s day holy. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: \n\n\n\nGod’s action is the model for human action. If God ‘rested and was refreshed’ on the seventh day\, we too ought to ‘rest’ and should let others\, especially the poor\, ‘be refreshed’. The sabbath brings everyday work to a halt ad provides a respite. It is a day of protest against the servitude of work and the worship of money. Catechism of the Catholic Church\, n 2172.\n\n\n\nDo we need rest and respite from digital technologies? Might we at times fall into servitude or even worship of social media? \n\n\n\nFind out more about the Sabbath Manifesto and the National Day of Unplugging here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/international-day-of-unplugging-2023-03-03/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230311T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230311T235959
DTSTAMP:20260407T054111
CREATED:20200106T041431Z
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SUMMARY:2011: Fukushima Earthquake and Tsunami
DESCRIPTION:On this day an earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan killed 18\,500 people. Damage to a nuclear power plant in this event caused widespread contamination and the displacement of thousands of people. Reflecting on these events\, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan called for the abolition on nuclear power: \n\n\n\nWe\, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan\, appeal to all people who share our common home called Earth that we join hands\, rise together and act in solidarity to end nuclear power generation. For that purpose\, we turn first to the Catholic Church throughout the world\, seeking cooperation and solidarity. Then\, building on that\, we hope to develop a global solidarity that transcends religions\, races and nations. Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2011-fukushima-earthquake-and-tsunami-2023-03-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230520T000000
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DTSTAMP:20260407T054111
CREATED:20200228T053523Z
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SUMMARY:2002: Timor-Leste Constitution enters into force
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2002-timor-leste-constitution-enters-into-force-2023-05-20/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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