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United

Nations

Charter

55&

56

Title

50a

U.S.C./

1917

Trading

with

the

Enemy

Act

May

11,

1955

Congressional

Record

page

A322\

Title

42 U.S.C.

$

1985

l

Acceptance

for Value and

Consideration

for Full

Settlement

and

Closure

l

:

There appearing

no

lawful

money of

account

in circulation

and

no bond

of record

to

initiate the

matter

regarding

Arapahoe

County

Combined

Court

Case

No.

16-02508

and

associated

accounts.

I,

[Tehuti

Shu

Maat

*qrn"

Eil@rMl,

Bailor

and

third

party

intervenor

in

the matter

of Case

No.

l6-02508,

do

hereby

issue

this

Acceptance

For

Value

Returned

For

Value

For

Full Settlement

and

Closure

of

the

Account

on

behalf

of DAMIEN

DeVAUGHN JORDANOTM.

I

want

and accounting

of the

total

amount

of

the

Bill

of

the fulI settlement and

closure

of

the

account:

CUSIP/AUTOTRIS

No.215114449;

Case No. 16-02508.

I

want

to know

what the tota

amount

of

the Bill

is post

settlement

and closure of

this

account.

THE

STATE OF

COLORADO and the

respectful

citizens thereof

regarding the said matter

in

accord

with:

Title 3l

U.S.C.

$

5118(d)2,

Public

Law

73

10, House Joint Resolution 192 and

Title

50

U.S.C.

Appendix

$

7(c), 7(e),9,12;UCC

$

l-103, UCC

$

l-201

UCC

$

3-501,

UCC

$

3-419,

UCC

$

3-401;

C.R.S.

4-l-703,

C.R.S.

4-l-201,

C.R.S. 4-3-501, C.R.S. 4-3-419

C.R.S.

4-3-401.

I

accept

for

value

and consideration

all

charges,

offers

and

CUSIP

No.

16-02508

of

Arapahoe

County Combined

Court.

In

retum, I post fulI

settlement and closure

of

Cornbined Court Case No. 16-02508.

Please

use

my

Private Exemption

CUSIP

No.

16-02508,

AUTOTzuS/ TIN

No.2l51l4449,and

use

my

exemption

as

principal

for

firll

settlement

and

closure

of

Arapahoe

County,

Colorado Case No.

l6-02508

as the

account and

case is

prepaid

and exempt

from

levy

under

Rule

8

of

the Federal Rules

of

Civil

Procedure. Please

adjust

the

account and release

all

the

proceeds, products,

disbursements,

documents and fixtures

herein.

Release

the orde

of the

court to me immediately.

cc: Federal

Reserve

Bank

of Atlanta,

Brian

Bowling,

Senior Vice

President

and General

Auditor

cc:

Secretary

of Treasury

of

Puerto

Rico,

Juan C.

ZoragozaGomez

cc: International

Monetary

Fund

(I.M.F.)

cc:

World

Bank

Attachments

enclosed

37

pages:

HJR 194, HJR

192

(Public

Laur 73-10);

Title

28

U.S.C.

$

1360,

Title

48

U;S.C

$

874,

Title

3l

U.S.C.

$

5312;

C.R.S.

30-10-105;

US Treasury

January

15,2Oo4

Press

Release.

Jurat

United Nations

Declaration

on the

Rights

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ftatutory

Declaration

In

the

matter of District ofColumbia

Deparanent

of

Health, Yital

Records Dirision

# I0873-945

I, Damien Dsvaughn

Jordan,

to

be

Norv

kaow n

as:

Tehuti

Shu Maat AmenRa

Ei

|

[eare

of

173

arieriPl. DD I08"

Aurora"

Colorado]:Turtle-I

slandt

:Atlan

I:Amexem,

do

solemniy

,slvear

in

accord

with:

the

193 1

Statute

of

lYestrn inster

{".,:

'

:i

.

1665

Agreement

between

Dekis

and

Queen

Victoria

on the

Bargain

1835,

1777

Articles

of Confederation

and Perpetual

Union

-Art.

XI,

1814

Treaty

ofGhent;

1794

Jay

Treaty

;

1836

Treaty

of

Marrakesh(Morocccr)

all

recognized

and

valid keaties.

Congtess

is

no

longer

bound by its

corstitutional s)'stem

of

delegated

porvers-Congressional

Record

{page

A3220) statement

of Carl

8.

Rix

on

May

I 1,

1955.

the

1948

Chalkr

of

the

Un"ted Nations.

LIN

Declaration

on &e Rights

of

Indigenous

Peoples

ndigenols

People

and

the

United

Nat

ions 2"d Decade

of

the

World's

I

upon

discovering

that the

registration

of

a

Live

Birth

of

June

9.

1973. in

tLe City State of

Washingtan,

D.C."

was a contraet

betweea my

mother

and

the

govsrn

ment rvho

did

not

tel t her t at

she

was selling

me,

a

flesh

and blood

child.to

the

UMTED

STATES

(District

of

Col

umbi a)

as

their

Chattel

Property

lblar.e,

which is

a violation

of

H

umm

Rights. I

hereby

void

the

contract

ab

initio

for

{iasd.

Since

l

am

a

Flesh and

Blood

(Amarui0lmec-X

i,rAni-Yu"wiya.

TsaJa-gi

(Cherokee}

Moor)

in accord rvith;

HJ R-194

S.Con.Res.26

;

HJR-3 Natir.e

Peoples

Apology

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(REGINA

V.

JAH

case

rumber:72}fi7746-l)

(See:.

:"

'

:

r)OnMay14,20l1atSouthw-arkCror'vnCourt,Defendant:JohnAathonyHailintheU

nited

Kingdom proved

before an eagl ishjury

that

Eiizabeth

A

lexandra

Mary

Windsor-Mouttbatten

Battenburg,

Elizaberh

knew-boththenandnorv-thatsheu'ascro*nedonafakecoronationstoneinstexlofthereal

..,

'

:

,..

..

'

:,:;.

which meant

not

oniy

was

she never

properly

crorvned,

but

she

rvas

also knowingiy

and

fraudulently conning

the

public.

and

&at

is

why she didn't

want her

coronation televised-(See:

,

declare that

name,

DA Mi

EN DeVAUG

HN

JORDAN, in

u

pper

and

lower

case on the

registration

of

LiveBirth

and

SSN

card is

a corporation

and

that,

Damien

DeVaughn

Jordan,

is

an

Iadigenous

flesh &

blood man. I,

Tehuti

Shu

Maat

AmenRa

Eil"

do

hereby

claim

my

Indigenous

Standing

in

Law inaccord

wittr

UNDRIPand

deny corporate

existence

under

1S

trSC

$9-

I give

notice

Intematiorally,

Domestically

and Universally

via

this Declaration- J

am

nct

acorporation,

artificial

person.

natural

psrsof,-

fictitious

entity

or

vessel

ofthe

United

States

nor

can persons

ofAliican

descent

be

citizens. Under

resewation

ofA

ll My

Rights

Unalienable and

o&erwise,

I

am

lndigenous

iAutochthon

to

this

plaaet

and

I

make

this

solemn

declaration

conscientiously

believing it to

be

true

,

aad

knmving

that

it

is

ofthe

same

force

and efTect

as if made

under

oath.

Jgrat

Unled

Hatbns

Declaration

on

the Rights

of tsrdigenous

Peophs

-

UN

Declaration

Gn

the

Rights

of

ndigenous

Peoples,

nternational

Coyenanton

Economic,

Socialand

Cultural

Rights,

United Nations

Charter

55

&

56, Congressional

Record

P"

A322O

may

1 1 1955,

Presidential

proctamation

75OO,Pope

FrancisApologytothelndigrenotrsPeoples&World

Dayof

pe,aceLetter,lDFPAD,

Motu

ProprioJuly

201

3,

HJR-194,

HJR-3.

Affirmed

to

and subscribed

before

me

this Z..1l.day ot..Oil' c-,.,,bi..-

ZO1A.

My Commission

Expires


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I.

Damien

Devaugln

Jordan,

now

known

as:

Tehuti

shu

Maat

AmenRa

Eil,

Indigenous'

Autochthonous

Flesh

and

Blood

Man

(Amaru/or*""_xi,Ar#u\riya,

T""

;-;i'ic{;oke")

Moor';,

"dil;iir"

sr""

inAccord

wrttr,rhe

united

,;

Nations

Declaration

o"'f"

Rights

oilodigtooot

Peoples

piesiaemi^t

Proclamation

7500;

HJR-194

-

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S.

Con.

Res.

26

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IRS

Mission

Statement

,

rhatl

am

not

u o.rri.rrt-irnsrr'ralruru'

?13

'13'32'}Q)'lam

alive

and

I

u-ioi

a"uJ

(ri+o Cestui

Que

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act,

tooo

cestui

Que

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Que

Vie

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).

I

wart

ttre

record

held

in

your computer

d{ab1e':Hth

may

list

me

as

decEaseJ

to

U"

ctaoged

to

alive.

According

to

IRS

MANU

AL

2l

'7

'13

3

'2'2(2\:

An

i

, t. t :- rL

An

infant

is the

decedent

of

an

-

Declaratioo

of *.*ffi*

d"ath

is

a

fiction:

G.R-

No.160258

Republic

of

The

Phitippines v.

Gloria

Bermudez-Lorino:

.

I

have

a

SSN

Number,

so bY

&e

IRS

MANUAL:

21-7.13.3.2.2(2),lam

not

a

decedent:

(Black's Law

Dictionary

8'h

Ed-,

p. 435

-

decedent

n. A dead

person'

esp.

one

who

has

died

recently).

I

am

no

longer

liable

for: a)

Maritime

Liens

being

enforced

against

me, b) securities

being

taken

out

of the

estate.

All

maritime

Lisns

currently

being

enforced

apinstme

I

hcreby elaim

invalid,

null

&

void,

I

am

the

infant who

does have

an

SSN

number which

makes

me the

beneficiary

of

this

trust.

The SSN and the

Name vests

within

me:

an

Indigenous Autochthonous

Living

Man.

Being

tlat

the

IRS

works

ia

Admiralty, the

IRS

according

to

its

orvn

code, can

no

longer enforce

any maritime

Liens

against

myself,

as

I have now claimed my Life Estate:

I

am

not

lost

at

sea,

nor

am

I

a decedent /

vessel

in commerce

(18

USC

$9)

(1707

Cestui

Que

Yie Act,

U.K.).

Iurat

Unihd

l{ations

Declaration on

the

R.ighB

of

Indigenoffi

Peoples

(

UN

Declaratiorr

en

the Rights

of Indigenous Peoples,

UN

Convention

on Econornic, Social

&

Cultural Rights,

United Nations Charter;

Articles

55

&

56;

Motu

Proprio

July

2013,

World

Day

of

Peace:

No

Longer Slaves,

Pope

Francis Apology,

IDFPAD,

Presidential Proclamation

7500,

HJR-194,

ruR-3.

Executive

Order 13107.

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Financing

Statement

Colorado

$ecretary

of

State

Date

and

Time:04101/2016

11:07:23

PM

Master

lD:2016202M06

Vatidation

Nurnber:

201

62029406

A,mount: $8.00

The

debtor

is

a

transmitting

utility.

lDebtqr:

(Qrsanization]

Name:

JORDAN,

DAMIEN

DeVAUGHN

Addressl:

P.O.

BOX

33008

Address2:

NaMC:

DAMIEN

DCVAUGHN

JORDAN

Addressl

:

c/o

19913

East

Oberlin

Place

Address2:

City:AURORA

Province:

City: Baltimore

Province:

City:

Aurora

Province:

State: CO

Country:

United

States

ZlPlPostal

Code: 80013

State:

MD

Z|PlPostalCode:21290-3008

Country:

United

States

State: CO

Z|PlPostalCode:[80013]

Country:

United

States

The debtor

is

a transmitting

utility-

lsecured

Party:

(tndividuall

-

-

-.

t

Last name: AmenRa

Eit

First

name: Tehuti

Middle

name:

Shu Maat

Suffix:

Addressl

:

c/o 19913

East Oberlin

Place

Address2:

Description:

Debtom: DAMIEN

DeVAUGHN JORDAN, JORDAN,

DAMIEN DeVAUGHN are

CESTUI

QUE

VIE TRUSTS

utilized

in

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@

The

Holy

See

APOSTOLIC

LETTER

ISSUED MOTU

PROPRIO

OF

THE SUPREME

PONTIFF

FRANCIS

ON

THE

JURISDICTION OF JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES OF VATICAN

CIry

STATE

IN

CRIMINAL

MATTERS

ln

our times,

the

common

good

is increasingly

threatened

by

transnational

organized

crime, the

improper

use

of

the markets

and of

the economy,

as well

as by terrorisrn.

It is

therefore

necessary

for

the

international

community

to adopt

adequate

legal

instruments

to

prevent

and

counter

criminal

activities,

by

promoting

internationaljudicial

cooperation

on criminal

matters.

ln

ratifying

numerous

international

conventions

in these

areas,

and

acting also

on behalf

of

Vatican

City State,

the

Holy

See

has

constantly

maintained

that

such

agreements

are

effective

means

to

prevent

criminal

activities

that

threaten

human

dignity,

the

common

good

and

peace.

With

a

view

to renewing

the

Apostolic

See's commitment

to

cooperate to

these

ends, by means

of

this

Apostolic

Letter issued

Motu

Proprio,l

establish

that:

1. The

competent

Judicial Authorities

of Vatican

City State

shall

also

exercise

penal

jurisdiction

over:

a)

crimes committed

against

the security,

the fundamental

interests

or

the

patrimony

of

the

Holy

See;


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b) crimes referred

to:

-

in Vatican

City State Law

No.

Vlll,

of

11

July

2013, containing

Supplementary Norms on

Criminal

Law Matters:

-

in

Vatican

City State

Law

No.

lX,

of

11

July 2A13, containing

Amendments

to the

Ciminal

Code

and

the

Ciminal

Procedure

Code;

when

such crimes are

committed by

the

persons

refened

to

in

paragraph

3

below,

in

the

exercise

of

their functions;

c)

any

other

crime

whose

prosecution

is required

by an

international

agreement

ratifled

by the

Holy See,

if

the

perpetrator

is

physically present

in the tenitory

of

Vatican

City State and

has

not

been extradited.

2. The

crimes

referred to in

paragraph

1

are

to

be

judged

pursuant

to the criminal

law

in

force

in

Vatican

City State

at

the time

of

their commission, without

preiudice

to

the

general principles

of

the

legal system on the temporal application of criminal laws.

3.

For the

purposes

of Vatican

criminal

law, the following

persons

are

deemed

"public

officialsl

a)

members,

officials and

personnel

of the

various

organs of the Roman

Curia and of

the

lnstitutions

connected to it.

b)

papal

legates and diplomatic

personnelof

the

Holy See.

c) those

persons

who

serve as

representatives,

managers or

directors, as well

as

persons

who

even de facto

manage

or exercise control

over

the

entities directly dependent on the Holy

See

and

listed in

the

registry

of canonicaljuridical

persons

kept by

the

Governorate of Vatican

City State;

d)

any other

person

holding

an administrative or

judicial

mandate in the Holy

See,

permanent

or

temporary,

paid

or

unpaid,

inespective

of that

person's

seniority.

4. The

jurisdiction

referred to in

paragraph

1

comprises also the administrative

liability of

juridical

persons

arising from crimes, as regulated by

Vatican

City State

laws.

5.

When the

same

matters are

prosecuted

in other

States,

the

provisions

in

force

in

Vatican City

State

on concurrent

jurisdiction

shall apply.

6.

The

content of article

23 of Law No. CXIX of 21

November 1987, which

approves

the

Judicial

Order

of Vatican City

State remains

in force.

This

I

decide and establish,

anything

to

the

contrary

notwithstanding.

I

establish

that

this

Apostolie Letter

issued Motu

Proprio will be

promulgated

by its

publication

in


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3

L'Osservatore

Rornano, entering

into force on 1 September

2013.

Given in

Rome,

at

the

Apss8olic Patare,

sn

tl JW

zAfi,

the

firct

of

my

Pontifrate.

FRAl.tct$cus

@

Copyright-

Libreria EditriceVaticana


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&

ffi

The

Holy

See

MESSAGE OF

HIS

HOLINESS

POPE FRANCIS

FOR

THE

CELEBRATION

OF

THE

WORLD

DAY OF PEACE

1

JANUARY2Ol5

NO LONGER SLAVES,

BUT BROTHERS AND SISTERS

1. At

the beginning of this

New Year,

which

we

welcome as God's

gracious

gift

to all humanity, I

offer

heartfelt

wishes of

peace

to every man and

wornan,

to

all

the world's

peoples

and nations,

to

heads

of state and

government,

and to

religious

leaders. ln

doing

so,

I

pray

for

an end to

wars,

conflicts

and the

great

suffering

caused by human agency, by

epidemics

past

and

present,

and by

the devastation

wrought

by natural

disasters.

I

pray especially that, on

the

basis of our common

calling to cooperate with

God and all

people

of

good

will for

the advancement

of harmony and

peace

in

the world, we may

resist the

temptation to

act

in a manner

unworthy

of our

humanity.

ln

my Messaqe

for

Peace

last

year,

I

spoke of

"the

desire for

a full life... which includes

a longing

for fraternity

which draws us to fellowship

with

others and

enables

us

to

see them not

as

enemies

or

rivals,

but

as brothers

and sisters to

be accepted

and

embraced".[ll

Since

we are

by nature

relational

beings,

meant to

find fulfilment

through

interpersonal

relationships

inspired

by.iustice

and love,

it

is

fundamental

for our

human development

that our

dignity,

freedom

and

autonomy be

acknowledged and respected. Tragically, the growing scourge

of

man's exploitation by man

gravely

damages

the life

of communion

and

our calling to

forge

interpersonal

relations

marked

by

respect,

justice

and love.

This abominable

phenomenon,

which leads

to

contempt

for

the

fundamental

rights of others

and

to

the suppression

of their treedom

and

dignity,

takes

many

forms.

lwould

like

briefly

to

consider these,

so that, in

the

tight

of

God's

word,

we

can

consider au

men and women

"no

longer

slaves, but

brothers and

sister{.

Listening

to God's

plan

for

humanity


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2.The

theme

I have chosen

for

this

yeads

me$sage

is drawn

from

Saint Paul's

letter

to

Philemon,

in

which

the

Apostle asks

his co-worker

to

welcome Onesirnus,

formerly Philemon's slave, now

a

Christian

and, therefore, according

to

Paul,

worthy of being considered

a brather.

The

Apostle of

the

Gentiles

writes:

"Perhaps

this

is why he was

parted

from

you

for a

while, that

you

might have

him

back

for ever,

no longer

as

a slave

but more

than

a

slave,

as

a

beloved brothed

(w.

15-16).

Onesimus

became Philemon's brotherwhen

he became a Christian.

Conversion to

Christ, the

beginning

of a

life lived Chnbtian diseipleship,

thus

constitutes

a new

birth

(d.

2 CorS:17;

1 Pet

1:3)

which

generates

fratemity

as

the fundamental

bond of

family

life and

the basis

of

life in

society.

ln

the

Book

of

Genesis

(d.

1:27-28), we

read that

God

made man male and

female, and

blessed

them so that

they could

increase

and multiply.

He made Adarn

and

Eve

parents

who, in

response

to God's

cornmand

to be

fruitful and rnultiply,

brought about the

first fratemity,

that

of

Cain

and

Abel.

Cain

and Abel were brothers

beffiuse

they came

forth from the

same

womb. Consequently

they

had the same origin,

nature and dignity

as their

parents,

who

were created in the image and

likeness

of

God.

Butfraternifyalso

embraces

variety

and

differences

between brothers and sisterc,

even though

they are

linked

by birth

and are of the same

nature and dignity. As brothers

and

sisters,

therefore,

all

people

are

in relation with

others,

from whom

they

differ,

but

with whorn

they

share

the

same

origin,

nafure

and dignity-

tn

this way,

fratemity constitutes the

nefuvork of relations essential

for

the building of the hurnan

family

created

by God.

Tragically, between

the

first

creation

recounted in the Book

of

Genesis and

the new

birth

in

Christ

whereby

believers become brothers and sisters

of

the *first-bom amqng many

brethren"

lRom

8:29),

there

is

the negative reality of sin,

which

often disrupts

human fraternity and constantly

disfigures the beauty

and nobility of

our being

brothers and sisfers

in

the

one human

family.

It

was

not

only

that

Cain

could not stand

Abel; he killed him

out

of envy and,

in so

doing,

committed the

first

frakicide.

"Cain's

murder

of

Abel bears

tragic

witness to his

radical rejection of

their vocation

to

be brothers.

Their story

(cf.

Gen4:1-16)

brings out the difficult task

to which

all

men

and women

are

called,

to

live a$ one,

each taking care

of the

othef"pl

This

was also the case

with

Noah

and

his children

(cf.

Gen 9:18-27\. Harn's

disrespect for his

father

Noah drove Noah

to

curse his insolent son and

to

bless the others, those

who

honoured

him. This created

an

inequality between brothers

bom of

the

sarne

womb.

ln the account of the origins

of

the

human

family,

the

sin

of estrangement

from

God,

from

the

father figure and from

the brother,

becornes

an

expression

of the refusal of communion.

lt

gives

rise

to

a

culture of

enslavement

(cf"

Geng:25-27),

with all

its

consequences

extending

from

generation to

generation: rejection

of others,

their

mistreatrnent,

violations

of

their

dignity and

fundarnentat

rights,

and

institutionalized

inequality.

Hence,

the

need for

constant

conversion

to the


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Covenant, fulfilled by Jesus' sacrifice on the cross,

in

the

confidence that'lvhere sin

increased,

grace

abounded

all

the more... through Jesus Christ"

(Rom

5:20-21).

Christ,

the beloved

Son

(cf.

Mt3:17),

came to

reveal

the

Father's

love

for

humanity. Whoever hears the

Gospel and responds

to the

call to conversion becomes Jesus'

"brother,

sister

and

mothef'

{Mt

12:5O),

and

thus

an

adopted

son

of

his Father

(cf.

Eph 1:5).

One does not become a Christian, a child of

the

Father and a brother

or

sister in Christ, as the

result

of an authoritative divine decree,

without the exercise of

personalfreedom:

in

a

word,

without

being freely

c,onverted

to Christ.

Becoming a child of God

is necessarily linked

to

conversion:

"Repent,

and be baptized, every one of

you,

in the name of Jesus

Christ

for

the

forgiveness

of

your

sins; and

you

shall

receive the

gift

of

the

Holy Spirit'

(Acfs

2:38). All those

who

responded

in faith

and

with

their

lives to Peter's

preaching

entered

into

the

fraternity

of the

first

Christian

community

(d.

1 Pet2:17;

Acts 1:15-16,

6:3,

15:23):

Jews and Greeks, slaves and free

(cf.

1

Cor12:13;

Gal3:28).

Differing

origins and socialstatus

did not diminish anyone's dignity

or

exclude anyone

from

belonging to the

People of

God.

The

Christian community

is

thus

a

place

of

communion lived

in

the

love shared among brothers and sisters

(cf. Rom 12:10;

1 Thess

4:9;

Heb

13.1; 1 Pet

1:22:

2 Pet 1:7).

AII

of

this shows

how

the

Good

News

of Jesus

Christ,

in whom

God

makes

"all

things

new"

(Reu

21:5),[3.]

is

also

capable

of

redeeming

human relationships, including

those

between slaves and

masters,

by shedding light on what both have in common: adoptive sonship and the bond

of

brotherhood

in

Christ.

Jesus

himself said to

his

disciples:

"No

longer

do

I

call

you

servants, for

the

servant

does

not

know what

his

master

is

doing;

but

I have

called

you

friends, for

allthat

I

have

heard from my Father I have made known to

you"

(Jn

15:15).

The many faces of slavery

yesterday

and today

3.

From

time

immemorial,

different societies

have known the

phenomenon

of

man's

subjugation by

man.

There

have been

periods

of

human

history

in which

the

institution

of

slavery

was

generally

accepted and

regulated

by

law. This legislation dictated who

was

born free

and who was

bom

into

slavery, as

well

as

the

conditions whereby

a freeborn

person

could

lose his

or

her

freedom

or

regain

it. ln other

words,

the

law itself

admitted

that some

people

were able or required to be

c.onsidered

the

property

of

other

people,

at their

free

disposition.

A slave could be bought and

sold, given away or acquired, as

if

he

or

she

were

a

commercial product.

Today, as the

result

of a

growth

in our awareness, slavery,

seen as a crime

against humanity,[4]

has

been

formally abolished

throughout the

world. The

right

of each

person

not to be

kept in

a

state of slavery

or servitude

has been

recognized

in international law

as

inviolable.

Yet, even though

the international community

has adopted

numerous

agreements aimed at

ending

slavery in all

its forms, and

has launched

various

strategies

to combat

this

phenomenon,

millions


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of

people

today

-

children,

women

and

men of all ages

-

are

deprived of

freedom

and are forced

to

live

in

conditions akin to slavery.

I

think of the

many

men and

women

labourers, including minors,

subjugated

in

different

sectors,

whether formally

or

informally,

in

domestic

or agricultura workplaces,

or in the manufacturing

or

mining induetry;

whether in countries where labour regulations failto

comply

with international

norms and minimum standards, or,

equally

illegally, in countries

which

lack legal protection

for

workeps'rights.

1

think also

of

the

living

conditions

of

many

migrants

who, in

their dramatic odyssey,

experience

hunger, are

deprived of

freedom, robbed

of their

possessions,

or undergo

physical

and sexual

abuse.

ln

a

particular

way,

I

think

of

those

among them who,

upon

arriving

at

their

destination

after

a

grqelling

journey

mqrked

by

fear

and

insecurity,

are detained in at

times

inhumane

conditions. I

think

qf

those

among

them,

who for

different social,

political

and economic reasons,

are forced to

live

clandestinely.

My

thoughts

also tum to those who, in

order to

remain within

the law, agree

to

disgraceful living and working conditions, especially

in

those

cases where

the

laws of

a

nation

create or

permit

a structural

dependency of migrant workers

on

their

employers, as, for

example,

when the

legality of their

residency is made

dependent

on their labour

contract. Yes,

I

am thinking

of

"slave

labour''.

I think also

of

persons

forced

into

prostitution,

many

of

whom

are

minors,

as

well

as male

and

female

sex

slaves.

I

think

of

women

forced into marriage,

those sold

for

arranged

maniages

and

those bequeathed to

relatives

of

their

deceased

husbands, without any right

to

give

or

withhold

their consent.

Nor

can

I failto

think

of

all

those

persons,

minors

and

adults

alike,who

are made

objects

of

traffickingfor the sale

of organs, for recruitment

as

saldiers,tor

begging, for

illegal

activities such

as the

production

and

sale

of

narcotics,

or

for

disguised

forms

of cross-border

adoption.

Finally, I

think of all

those

kidnapped

and held captive

by

terrorist

groups,

subjected to their

purposes

as combatants, or, above

all

in the case

of

young girls

and women, to

be used as sex

slaves.

Many

of these disappear, while others

are sold several times over,

tortured,

mutilated

or

killed.

Some deeper

causes

of

slavery

4. Today, as in

the

past,

slavery

is

rooted

in

a notion of

the

human

person

which

allows him

or her

to

be

treated as

an

object. whenever sin comjpts the

human

heart

and

distances

us

from our

Creator and

our

neighbours,

the

latter are

no longer regarded as beings of equal

dignity,

as

brothers

or

sisters sharing a

common humanity, but

rather

as objects. Whether

by coercion or

deception, or by

physical

or

psychological

duress,

human

persons

created in the

image

and


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likeness

of

God

are

deprived of their

freedom,

sold and

reduced

to

being

the

property

of others.

They

are treated as

means

to

an end.

Alongslde

this deeper

cause

-

the

rejectlon

of

another

person's

humanity

-

there

are

other c€uses

which help

to

explain contemporary forms of slavery. Among

these,

I

think

in

the

first

place

of

Wver$,

underdevelopment and

exclusion,

espeeially

when

combined

with

a lack

of

aceess

fo

educatian or

scarce,

even

non-existetnt,

employment

oppoftunities. Not infrequently, the

victims

of

human

traf$cking

and slavery

are

people

who look

for

a

way

out of a situation of

extreme

poverty;

taken

in

by false

promises

of

employment, they

often

end

up in

the hands of criminal networks

which organize human

trafficking.

These

networks are

skilled

in

using modem rneans

of

communication

as

a way

of

luring

young

men and women in

various

parts

of

the world.

Another

rause

of slavery is camtptian

on

the

part

of

people

willing

to

do anything

for

financial

gain.

$lave

labour and human trafficking

ofren require the

complicity of

intermediaries, be they law

enforcement

personnel,

state officials, or civil and

military institutions.

"This

occLlrs when

money,

and not

the

human person,

is

at the centre

of

an economic system. Yes,

the

person, made

in

the

image

of God and charged with

dominion

over all creation, must be at

the

centre

of every social

or

economic

system.

When

the

person

is replaced

by

mammon,

a subversion

of

values

occurs'.ff

Further

causes of

slavery

include

armed

conflicts, violence,

criminal aativity and tenarism.

Many

people

are kidnapped

in order

to

be

sold, enlisted

as

combatants,

or sexually exploited,

while

others

are

forced

to

emigrate, leaving

everything behind: their

cot-rntry,

home,

property,

and

even

mernbers

of

their family"

They are

driven to seek an alternative

to these tenible

conditions even

at

the risk

of

their

personal

dignity and

their very lives; they risk

being

drawn

into

that vicious

circle

which

makes

them

prey

to

misery,

comtption

and

their

baneful oonsequences.

A shared

commitment

to

ending

slavery

5.

Often, when considering

the reality of human

trafficking, illegal

trafficking of migrants

and

other

acknowledged

or unacknowledged forms

of slavery, one has

the

impression

that they

occur within

a

context of

general

indifference.

Sadly, this is largely true. Yet

lwould

like to mention

the

enormous and

often silent

efforts

which

have been made

for

many

years

by

religious

congregations, especially

women's

congregations, to

provide

support to

victims. These

institutes

work in very

difficult situations, dominated

at times by

violence,

as

they work to break the

invisible chains binding

victirns to

traffickers

and

exploiters-

Those

chains are made up of a series of links, each composed of clever

psyehological ploys

which

make

the

victims

dependent on their exploiters.

This is

accomplished by blackmailand

threats

made

against

them

and their

loved

ones,

but also by concrete acts such as

the confiscation

of

their

identity

documents

and

physical

violence. The

activity

of

religious congregations

is

carried

out

in

three

main

areas:

in offering

assistance

to victims, in working for

their

psychological

and


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educational

rehabilitation,

and in

efforts

to

reintegrate them into the society where they live

or

from

which they have come.

This immense task, which calls for @urager

patience

and

perseverance,

deserves the

appreciation

of

the whole

Church and society.

Yet,

of

itself, it is not

sufficient

to

end

the

scourge of

the exploitation of

human

persons.

There

is

also

need

for

a

threefold

commitment on the

institutional level:

to

prevention,

to victim

protection and to

the

Iegal prosecution of perpetrators.

Moreover, since criminal organizations employ

global

networks to achieve their

goals,

efforts

to

eliminate

this

phenomenon

also demand a common and,

indeed,

a

global

effort on

the

part

of

various sectors of society.

Sfafes

must ensure

that their own legislation truly

respects

the

dignity of the human

person

in the

areas

of

migration,

employment, adoption,

the movement of

businesses offshore

and

the sale

of

items

produced

by slave

labour. There is

a

need for

just

laws which are centred on the human

person,

uphold

fundamental

rights and

restore

those rights

when

they

have

been

violated.

Such

laws should

also

provide for the rehabititation of victims, ensure

their

personal safety, and include

effective means of enforcement which

leave no room for conuption

or

impunity.

The

role

of women

in society

must

also be recognized,

not least through

initiatives

in the

sectors of culture and social

communications.

lntergovernmental

organizations,

in keeping

with the

principle

of subsidiarity, are

called

to

coordinate initiatives for

combating the transnational

networks

of organized crime which oversee

the trafftcking of

persons

and the illegal trafficking of migrants. Cooperation is clearly needed

at a

number

of

levels, involving

national

and

international institutions,

agencies of civil society

and the

world

of

finance.

Busrnessesplhave

a duty to ensure

dignified working

conditions

and adequate salaries for their

employees, but they must

also

be vigilant that forms of subjugation or human trafficking do not find

their

way

into

the

distribution chain. Together

with

the social

responsibility

of

businesses,

there

is

also

the social responsibility of consumers. Every

person

ought to

have the awareness

that

"purchasing

is

always a moral

-

and not simply an economic

-

act'.[,]

Organizations

in

civil society,

for

their

part,

have the task of awakening consciences

and

promoting

whatever

steps

are

necessary

for

combating and uprooting the culture of enslavement.

ln recent

years,

the

Holy

See,

attentive to

the

pain

of the

victims of trafftcking and

the voice

of

the

religious congregations

which

assist

them on

their

path

to

freedom, has increased its appeals to

the

international community

for cooperation and

collaboration

behueen different agencies

in

putting

an end to this

scourge.l&lMeetings

have also

been organized

to

draw

attention to

the

phenomenon

of human trafficking

and to

facilitate

cooperation

between

various agencies,

including experts

from the universities

and

international organizations,

police

forces from

migrants'


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countries of origin, transit,

or destination,

and

representatives

of ecelesial

groups

which

work with

victims. lt

is my hope

that these efforts willcontinue

to expand in

years

to

come.

Glabalizing

fnatemity,

not

slavery or indifference

6. ln her

"proclamation

of the truth

of Christ's love in

society",lQ

the Church

con*tantly

engages in

charitable activities inspired

by

the truth of

the

human person. She is charged with showing to all

the

path

to

conversion, which

enables us to

change

the way

we

see

our neighbours,

to recognize

in

every

other

person

a brother

or sister in

our

human

family,

and

to

acknowledge

his or her

intrinsic

dignity in

truth

and

freedom.

This

can be clearly seen from the

story of Josephine Bakhita,

the

saint originally frorn the

Darfur

region

in

Sudan who was

kidnapped by slave-traffickers

and

sold to brutal masters

when she

was

nine

years

old.

Subsequently

-

as

a result

of

painful

experiences

-

she became a

Tree daughter of God"

thanks to

her

faith,

lived in

religious

consecmtion and in

service to

others, especially the

most

lowly and

helpless. This

saint, who

lived

at the turn

of

the

twentieth century, is

even

today an oxemplary witness

of

hopell0lfor

the many

victims of slavery; she can support the efforts of all those committed to fighting against this "open

wound

on

the

body

of mntemporary

society,

a

scourge

upon

the

body of

Chrisf-

[11]

ln the light

of all this, I invite

everyone,

in

accordance with his

or

her

specific

role

and

responsibilities,

to

pracitice

acts of

fi:atemity towards

those kept in

a state of enslavennent.

Let us

ask ourselves,

as individuals

and

as

communities, whether

we

feel

challenged

when, in

our

daily

lives,

we meet

or deal

with

persons

who

could be victims

of human

trafficking,

or

when

we are

tempted to

select items which

may

well

have

been

produced

by

exploiting others. Some of

us,

out

of indifference,

or financial reasons,

or because we

are caught

up

in

our

daily

concerns, close

our

eyes to this. Others, however, decide

to

do something about

it, to

join

civic associations

or

to

practice

small,

everyday

gestures

-

which

have

so

rnuch

merit

-

such

as

offering a kind

word,

a

greeting

or

a

smile, These

cost

us nothing

but they can

offer

hope,

open doors,

and

change

the

life

of another

person

who lives

clandestinely;

they can also change

our

own

lives with

respect

to

this

reality.

We ought to recognize

that we are facing

a

global phenornenon

which

exceeds the

competence

of

any

one

community

or country.

ln

order to

eliminate

it, we need

a mobilization

comparable

in

size

to that of the

phenomenon

itself.

For this reason

I

urgently appeal

to

all men

and

women

of

good

will,

and

all

those

near or

far,

including the highest levels of civil institutions, who witness

the

scourge

of

contemporary

slavery,

not to

become accomplices

to this

evil,

not

to turn

away

from

the

sufferings of

our brothets

and

sisters, our

fullow

human

beings, who

are

deprived of their freedom

and

dignity.

Instead,

may we have the courage

to

touch

the suffering

flesh

of

Christ,ll2l

revealed

in

the faces of those countless

persons

whom

he

calls the least of

these

my

brethren"

(Mi25:40,

45).

We know that God will ask each

of

us: What did

you

do for

your

brother?

(cf.

Gen 4:9-10). The


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globalization

of indifference,

which

today

burdens

the

lives

of so many of our

brothers and

sisters,

requires

all of us to

forge

a

new

worldwide

solidarity and fraternity

capable of

giving

them new

hope and helping

them to

adrrance

with

courage

amid

the

problems

of our

time and the new

horizons which they

disclose

and which

God

places

in

our hands.

From the

Vatican,

I December

2A14

FRANCISCUS

ffl

No. 1.

123

firi

e

ss

age_ta

Ube.

? Q

1

4 VV

q

r

N

A

Sy_o{

F

e

a

*e,

2.

iAi

Cf.

Apostolic

Exhortation Evangetii

Qa,udium,

lt.

I4lCf.

Address

to

Delegates-af

the klternational

As$oqjgtioy

qf

Penal

l-aw,23

October

2AM:

L'Osseruatore Romano,24

October 2014,

p.4.

ISl

Ad*rese

fo

perfis,p€r?fs

rn fhe

y

oil

,

28 October 2A14:

L'Osservatare

Romano,

29 October 2A14,

p.

7 .

IglCf.

PONTTFICAL

COUNCIL FOR

JUSTICE

AND

PEACE,

Vocatian of the

Eusiness Leader:

A

Reflection,2A13.

II]

BENEDICT

XVl, Encyclical

Letter

Cary?as

ifr

trerifatg,

66.

tqlCf.

Message

to

Mr

GUv Ryder" Directol

G_eners of the

lnte,rnation?l.l-abpur

OfqAnization,

on

the occasionpj-the

103rd

$ession

gf

the

lLO,22

May

2014:

L'Osseruatore

Romano,29

Mav 2014,

p.7.

fgl

BENEDICT XVl,

Encyclical

Letter

QaAtAs

ln

Veritate,

S.

llQ

"Through

the

knowledge

of

this hope she

was

'redeemed',

no

longer a slave,

but a

free

child

of God, She understood what Paul meant when he

reminded the Ephesians that

previously

they

were without

hope

and

without

God

in

the world

-

without

hope because without God"

(BENEDICT

XVl, Encyclical Letter

S*e.-Sal:*1

a)

lll].4ddress

tqf.aficJp€ore_in

{fte

ge.gorldlfifemetefie-J

Co"nfererpe_-on

SofntoAf,{g

Hq{nan

Traltipking;

Cfiqreh"a$d

Law

Enfqrpe{npnt

in

Partnership,

10 April

2O14: L'Osservatore

Ramano,

'l

{ April

2A14,

p.7;

d. Apostolic Exhortation

Evaqselii Qaqdium,270.


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Apostolic

Exhortation

Evangelii

Gaudium,24

and 2TA.

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I{.

Res. L94

In the

House of

Representatit)es,

U.

S.,

Ju,ly

29,

2008.

Slhereas

millions

of

Afuicans

and

their

descendants

were

enslaved

in the

United States

and the 13

Amer{can colo-

nies

from

1619

through

1865;

Whereas slavery

in Ameriea

resembled no

other forrn of

invol-

untary

senitude

known

in

history,

as

Africans were

cap-

hrred and

sold

at

aucti"on

like

inanimate

objects

or

ani-

mals;

Whereas

Africans

forced into

slaver-v were

brutalized,

humili-

ated,

dehumanized,

and

subjected

to the

indignity

of

being stripped

of

their

names and

heritage;

Whereas enslaved families

were

torrr apart

afher having

been

sold separately from one another;

Srhereas

the

system

of

slavery

and

the

visceral

racism against

persons

of

African

deseent

upon

rvhich

it

tlependetl

be-

carne

entrene.hed

in

the

Neltion's

social

fabric;

\\'hereas

slavery

was not

offrcially

abolished

until

the

passage

of the

13th

Amendment to

the

llnited States

Constitu-

tion

in

1865

after the

end of

the Civil

Srar;

Whereas

after ernancipation

from

246

years

of slavery,

Afi-

can-Americans

soon saw the

fleeting

political, soeial, and

economic

gains

they made

during ftaconsttuetion

evis-

cerated

b], r.inrlent

racism,

Iynehings,

disenfranehisement,


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2

Blaek

Cocles,

and raeial

segregation

larvs

that

imposetl

a

rigid

system

of

officially

sanctioned

racial

segregation

in

virbually

all

areas of

kfe;

Whereas

the

system

of

de

jure

raeiai

segregation

kmorvn

as

"Jim

Cro'w,"

lvhich arose

in eerbain

parts

of the

}{ation

follorving the

Civil

Srar

to

create

separate and

unequal

societies

for

whites

ancl African-Arnericans,

Tvas

a

direet

result

of

the

racism

against

pertsons

of

Afriean

tlescent

engenderetl

by slavery;

Srhereas

a century after

the

official

end of

slarrry

in

Amer-

ica,

Federal action was requircd

during

the

1960s to

eliminate

the

dejure

and defacto

s1'ste,m

of Jim

Crow

throughout

parts

of the

Nation,

though

its vestiges

still

linger

to

this

dal';

Whereas

African-Amerieans

continue to

suffer

from the

eom-

plex

interplay

between slavery

and

Jim Crow-long

a.fter

both

systems were formally abolished-through

enormous

damage

and

loss,

both

tangible and

intangible,

includJng

the

loss

of

human

digniff,

the frustration

of

careers

and

professioual

lives,

and the

long-term

loss

of

ineome

and

opportunity;

\[Ihereas

the story of

the

ensla'r,ement

and

de

jure

segregation

of

African-A.rnericans

and

the

clehumanizing

atrocities

comroitted against

them

should

not

be

purged

foom or'

nrinimized

in

the

telling

of

Ameriean

history;

Whereas

on July

8, 2003,

during

a

trrp to Goree

Island,

Sen-

egal,

a former

slave

port,

President

George

W.

Bush

as-

knowledged

slaveqfs

continuing

legaey

in

Ameriean

life

and

the

rreed

to confront

that

legaey

when he stated that

slavery

"was one of the

gi'eatest

crimes

of

history

.

. . The racial bigotry

fed

by slar.ery

dirl

not end with

.ER,ES

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slaverv or with segregation.

A.ncl marlv

of

the issues

that

still

trouble

America have

roots

in

the bitter

e>'perience

of other

times.

But however

long the

journey,

our

destiny

is

set: libert5. and

justice

for

all.";

l4lhereas President

Bill

Clinton also

aeknorvledged

the deep-

seated

problems

caused

hy

the

continuing

legacy of rac-

ism

against African-Amerieans

that

began

u,iih

slavery

N'hen

he

initiatecl

a

national

dialogue

about

raee;

\,Yhereas

a

genuine

apolog'

is

an

important

ancL

necessan

first

step

in

the

proeess

of

racial

reeonciliation;

Whereas

an

apologl,

fbr

centuries

of

bmtai

dehurnanization

and

irljustiees

eannot

erase

the

past,

but corrfession

of

the

rrrongp eornmitted

ean

speed

racial

healing

and

rec-

onciliation

and

he\:

-{rnericans

confoont

the

ghosts

of

their

past;

J&ihereas

the

legislature

of

the

Commonu,ealth

of

Yirginia

has

reeentll'taken

the

lead in

adopting a resolution offieially

erpressing

appropriate

reurorse

for

slavery and

other

State legislatures

have

acloptecl

or

are considering

similar

resolutions;

and

\tr4rereas

it

is irnportant

for this

country,

which

legally reco€f-

nizecl

s1avery throug"h

its

Constitution

ancl

its

iaws,

to

rnake

a

formal

apology

for

slar.ery

anrl

for

its

sueeessor,

.Ern

[]row, so

that it

can

move

forrvard and seel< rec-

oneiliation,

justiee,

and

harrnony

fcr

all

af

its

eitizens:

Nolr,

therefore, be

it

Resolaed,,

Tha,t

the

House

of

Representatives-

(1)

aclmo's,'ledges

that

slavery

is

incrompatikrle

with

the

basic

founcling

pr"ineiples

recognizecl in

the Deelara-

tion

of

Indepentlence

that all

rnen

are

creattd equal;

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(2)

acknowledges

the

firndamentar

iqiustiee,

eruetty,

brutality,

and

inhumanity

of

slavery

and

Jim

Crow;

(3)

apologizes

to A-friean

americans

on beharf

of

the

people

of

the

united

states,

for

the

rvronEs

eommitted

against

them

and

their

aneestors

who

suffernd

under

slavery

and

Jim

Crorv;

and

{4)

expresses

its

eommitment

to

rectr$r

the

lin_

gering

eonsequenees

of

the

misdeeds

eommitted

against

Afriean

Amerieans

under

slavery

and

Jim

crcw

and

to

stop

the

oecurrenee

of

human

rights

violations

in

&e

fu-

ture.

Attest:

Gl,erh.

.Enm

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