Declaration of Pagtatanim interfaith conference now available
KAIROS was a proud co-sponsor of the conference, Pagtatanim: Sowing Seeds of Faith Solidarity for the Filipino People’s Struggle for Peace which brought together over 70 people of faith, members of the clergy and human rights activists from 13 countries in Rome, Italy on June 27-28. The Conference Declaration, which is now available, reflects on just peace and human rights in the Philippines in the context of Jubilee. It begins with:
“Together, we commit to sow the seeds of solidarity” inspired by the words of Pope Francis that “solidarity is more than a few sporadic acts of generosity. It is a call to act against the structural causes of poverty. Yes, there is an invisible thread joining every injustice – and we are all either complicit or courageous.”
The declaration goes to list 15 pledges to help plan, nurture and harvest justice in the Philippines by addressing the root cause of ‘unpeace’. These include:
- Organize theological reflections on just peace tied to real campaigns.
- Accompany and support vulnerable communities, human rights defenders and church workers, including the peoples’ lawyers defending the human rights defenders.
- Support the Filipino peoples’ call for justice and accountability by investigating Rodrigo Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for crimes against humanity and war crimes via international bodies such as, but not limited to, the International Criminal Court (ICC).
- Support the right to self determination and to ancestral domain of Indigenous peoples in the Philippines.
- Support and defend the rights of Filipino migrant communities in different countries.
