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Re. Statutory Declaration in accord with U.N. Declaration on the rights of Indigenous
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Cc: Jesuit General Adolpho Nicholas

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), 1778 Articles
do solemnly declare in accord rvith: the 193 i Statue of Westminister (
of Confederation and Perpetual Union-Art Xl, 1812 Treaty of Ghent, 1794lay Treaty; 1836 Treaty of
Marrakesh (Morocco) all recognized and valid treaties, constitution for the united states ofAmeric4 the
194g Charter of the United Nations, the 1975 inter-American Declaration on the rights of Indigenous
Peopies, Pope's Apology to Indigenous Peoples (

I, Sionya Michelle Haley no*, known

as: Priya Siran Sha'ul me'el

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Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples(LINDRIP

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$ecade for people of African Descent, that upon discovering that the registration of a Live Birth of January
6,h 19g9, in the STA|E oF MISSOURI/I\4ISSoURI REPUBLIC called Missouri Republic was a contract
between my mother and the U.S. Government Corporation who did not tell her she was selling me, a flesh
to the sTArE oF MISSOURI CORPORATION as the chanel PropertylSlave whieh is a
and blood
"hild,
violation of Human Rights, I hereby void the contract, ab initio for fraud. I am a Flesh And Blood
Melaninite Cherokee Native American of Turtle Island and of this Planet in accord with the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of lndigenous Peoples, HJR 194U.S Congress Apology to African Americans for
United States Senate
Slavery S, Con, Res. 26 - '
Apology to African Americans for Slavery; u.s. apology To Native Americans (Sec 8l 13 of H.R.3326
" Upon
Oepartlirent of Defense Appropriations Act)
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Mounlbatten
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Windsor
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discovering that Elizabeth Aleiandra Mary
Elizabeth il1 violated her coronation oath ( a legally binding contract) of June 2'* 1953. On May 14,2011 at
Southward Crown Court (l English Grounds in Southward, London, England) Defendant:John Anthony Hill
in the United Kingdom proved before an English jrrry that Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor-Mountbatten,
was not the rightful monarch and never was: queen! Elizabeth is not the rightful monarch and never was.
This was a trvo point argument. Firstly, Elizabeth knew- then and norv- that she was crowned on a fake
coronation stone instead of the real Stone of Destiny/Coronation Stone, which meant not only was she
never properly crowned, but she knowingly and fraudulently was conning the Public and that is why she did
not rvant her coronation televised. REGINAv.JAII (case Ref. Number:T20107745) ( See
). I declare that the name SIONYA MICIIELLE HALEY on the
registration of the Live birth is a corporation and Sionya Michelle llaley is an Indigenous, Flesh & Blood
Woman. I am Not a corporation, artificial person, natural person, fictitious entity or vessel of the United
States as defined under Title 18 U.S.C. $ 9 and I give notice Internationally, Domestically and Universally
via this Declaration that I deny corporate existence. Under reservation ofAll My Rights Unalienable and
otherwise, I am: IndigenouslAutochthon of this planet. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously
believing it to be true, and knowing that this is the same force and effect as made under oath.

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Iiuxxany, lls. B,u-nsr-r. ][r:. Ilonns, lIr. Fu,reR. ]h,. IIorD-r, aircl
l'h'. Kr-t'Ixrc'LI) submittcrl the fbllordng i'esohrtiori: l-lLich ri'i-is lefer.r.ed to
the Clommittee otl the .Iucliciary

RESOLUTION
Apologizing for tlte tnsiaf,rL.lnL,nt ancl l.rtcial seg'reg'ation of
^\fric;in --\r'neri c.rrls.

\VIereas rrrilliorrs of .Vi"iczurs ancl their clescencl:rnts

enslavecl in the Lriritecl States ancl the 13 Arirerican
nies from 1619 through 1bi65;

\\'ere
colo-

\Vliere:rs slaverJ. in Airerica resemblecl rro other toril of irn'oiLlntarv serr-ituclc knourn in histonr, as .\frica11s \{ere cal)turecl ancl solcl at a,uction like inaninrate oltjects or anitnzrls;

\\trereas -,\fricerrrs forced irito slar.en' \\'ere brutalizecl, hurniliated. c'lehr,rmanizecl, and su1-rjectecl to the indig'tritv of
l-reing' stripped

of their names and heritage;

\\hererrs ensla.r,ecl firt"nilies \\'ere toi'ii rtlritrt irfter har''iiig

J.teert

solil separatell. flom onc atrother;

\Yhereas the s;-stt'ni
persor)s

t-rf

slat,cr\. ancl the risceral racisnr ag'ainst

of r\lt'ii'ati clest'ent upoii u'hit:h it

came entrenched

cieperrcled be-

in the Natioir's social fabricr

\Yhereas slavcn- u-as not offic,iallv abolisht'cl unti.l the passage

of tlLe 1.lth Anenclmeirt to the tli'ritec'l States Corrstitr-rtion in 1365 after the encl of the Cir-rl \Yar, u'hich l'as
for-rgirt or-L'r tllL' slaver')' issue;

\\'hereas trfter emartcipatioii frottr 246 r'ent's of slavery, ,\ft'ican-Alericans soon sarv the fleeting political, social, and
economic gains thel, 11r,lr.1tr cluring Rt'construction eviscerrttecl br- rirrlent racisrir, h'n ching's. c1i senfra nc]tisetlettt.
Illacli Cocles. ancl racial segreg'ation lau's that irnposecl a
rigid s\-stenr of otticittllv sarrctiotteil r'itctal segreg'ation in
.,.irtLra11)- al1 irreiLs

of iife;

\\hereas the svstcm of c1e jure racial seglcg.'atlon knosal as

"Jiru C't'ou-." uhich ilrosL' itt cc:rtaitt pttlrts of the Nation
foliou-iirg tlre Ciril \Yar

to

crearte separate atlcl utteqntrl

for l,hites and Aflican-Americatts, \\'a.s a clirt'ct

result of the raci.sm against persons of Alrictrn descent
societies

etrgeirclerecl bv slar,er).;

\\hereas the srrstem of Jim Clrort, la\r's officialll. existecl into

the 1960's-a centur;. after the official encl of sl:ir,c'r)r in

Alerica-utrtil
vestiges of

Congress tool< acrtiott

to

encl

it, but tlre

Jiin Crou, contiit-Le to this cla;.;

\Vhereas -\frican-Anericaus continue to sr,rffer from the conseqr-reii(ies of slar,er). aricl Jinr Crou'-lili1o' afler botlt s1's.HRES 194 IH

tems \\'ere formalll. abolishecl-tlrrough enormous darnage

ancl loss. hoth tangible ancl intangible, inchicling the loss

of huinan c1ignit1, a,nc1 libertv. the frustration of careers

arrcl professional lives, ancl the loiig'-ternr Iciss of itti'ot.tte
anc1

oppoltunitvr

\Yhtreas the stort' of the enslar-crricnt ancl clcr jure seg'regation

of',Vric,iirr-r\rnericarrs ancl tlie clelrrulariziirg ittrot:ities
coilmittecl aga,inst tirem shoultl not be ltrirgecl fi'om or
minimizecl in tire tclling of -\merictrn histoi'1'r

Juh,8,2003. cluring a trip to Goree Islzrrtcl, Seuegal, a former slale polt, Presiclent Georg,'e \\t. Br,Lsh aclinou{eclgecl slaver),'s contim.Ling legacf in r\ntrrican lifc:
rurd the neecl to confront tliat legacl. u'iiert he statecl that
one of the g'reatest crimes of histort,
siayen. "\\,as
. The racial bigotrl' ftcl l-rt. slar,er'). ilici not c'nd l.ith

\Yhereas on

lith

segregatiotr. -\rc1 mal]\r of the issues that

still tlou'lr]e Anerica har,e roots iir the ltitter expericnce
of otht:r tirncs. But hou'er,er lonll' thc journL'\-, ot-lr clestinr'
sla\.erv or

is set: libertr.

eLircl

.ir-rstit,e l"or a11.";

\Vhereas Prt'siclent llill Clinton also aclurol-ledgecl the clee1tseatecl problerns caused br. tire contiur-rittg legacl- of rac-

ism against African-Americrrurs thzrt begitrt u.ith

slrlt-en.

u,heii he iiritiatecl a national chalogrre about ra,ce;

\Yhereas

g'enuinc :rpology

is au importaut ancl necessar)r

tirst step irr the process of raciatl

recortcriliation;

\\trerea,s an apologl, for centr-Lries of brutal delrr-Lmauization

ancl inir-Lstices cannot erase the past, l.xrt confession of
tlie urong's committecl can speed racjal liealirtg attcl reconciliation ancl lieip Aincricans croufrottt the g'hosts of
t}rcrir past;

.HRES 194 IH

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\Vhereas the legislature of the f-'oilmonu-ealth of \-irginia lias

recentlv taken the lead in aclopting' a rcsolution officiallr.

eqtressing' appropriate relllorsr-, for slilvr.rv ancl other

State legislatni'es are coirsicleriirg sirnilar resolntiorls; tllicl

it is important foi' this corurtrt., u'liich leg'a1I1' t'ccognizecl slaver\- throug'h its Clonstitution ancl its 1au,s, to

\\'herr.as

malie a fomral apologv fcr slilr,en' rurcl for its sr1(i(,essor,

Jrin Crou', so that it can mo\rc foll'arcl and seek reconciliation. justice, ancl harnonr. for aIl of its citizens:
Nou,, therefbre. lte it
1

Resol,uerl,

(1)

That the I-Iouse of Reprssgn131i1'g5aclinor.leclges thc. funcliulental injustice,

a
-)

crueltr., brntalit\., ancl irrhunrarritt'

Jim

of

slar-en, ancl

Crou.;

(2)

apologizes

to African-Ant,ricans on behalf

cif tlre people of tlre Llrriteci Sttrtes. tor the \\rrolrg's

courmitted agaiirst them aucl their ancestols who

srifferi:cl undc.r slttr-ery ancl .Iiil

lrtir':

and

(3) expi'esses its t:t-rnrnritnrerit to rerrtifi' the lin-

10

gering consecluences of the miscleecls

11

against Allicaii-Americans under .la1rc:r)r ancl Jinr

l2

Crou, ancl

13

nolations in the futr.rre.

.HRES 194 IH

committecl

to stop the o(,cllrren(ie of hr,ularr rights

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certain actions of the church,' " the Pope said, accordin glo The New york Times.
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people of America in the name of God."
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"I humbiy ask forgiveness, not oniy for the offense ofthe church herseif, but also
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He spoke to a crowd of more than r,5oo at the World Meeting of popular

Movements, standing side-by-side with Bolivian president Evo N{orales. the
Andea-n nation's first iltdigenous president.

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kids from their families, cutting them off from their culture and educating them in
the u.a),s of the European-minded settlers. The Canadian Truth and
Reconciliation commission on June 2 came out u,ith a report calling such
practices "cu]tural genocide" and recommending that prime r{inister stephen
Harper ask the Pope for an apology. Though Harper met with pope Francis and
mentioned the report, he did not specifically request the apology, and the pontiffs
u,ords in Bolit.ia did not reference the TRC document.

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XLVlll World Day of Peace 2015: No lorqer slaves,

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MESSAGE OF HIS HOUNESS

POPE FRANCIS
FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE

WORLD DAY OF PEACE

1 JANUARY 2015

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 woman, to
all the world's peoples and nations, to heads of state and govemment, and to
religious leaders. In 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 disasterc. I pray especially that, on the basis of
our common calling to cooperate with God and all pepple of good witl for the
advancement of harmony and peace in the world, we may resist the temptation
to act in a manner unwofthy of our humanity.
In my Message 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 rirrals, but as brothers and sisters to
be accepted and embraced".[1] Since we are by nature relational beings, meant
to find fulfilment through interpersonal relationships inspired by justice 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 freedom and dignity, takes many forms. I
would like briefly to consider these, so that, in the light of God's word, we can
consider all men and women "no longer slaves, but brothers and sisters".
Listening to God's plan for humanity
2. The theme I have chosen for this yea/s message is drawn from Saint Paul's
let[er to Philemon, in which the Apostle asks his co-worker to welcome
Onesimus, formerly Philemon's slave, now a Christian and, therefore, according
to Paul, worthy of being considered a brother. The Assstle cf ihe Gentiles
writes: "Perhaps this is why he was pafted frrtrn you for a while, that trou might
have him back for ever, no longer as a slave but more tharr a sla've, as a

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IN CITINiINAL N{ATTE,I{S

In our times, the common good is increasingly threatened by transr-rational organized crime, the improper
use of the mar:kets and of the economy, as \\,e11 as by terorism,

It is tlierefore necessary for the international corxmunity to adopt adequate legal instr-Lrments to prevent
and counter criminal activities. by promoting intemational judicial cooperation on criminal matters.
In ratifying nllmerous intemational conventions in these areas, and acting also on behalf of Vatican City
State, the Holy See has constantly rnaintained that such agreements are effective means to prevent
criminal activities that threaten human dignity, the common good and peace.

\\rith a vieu'to renerving the Apostolic See's comrnitment to cooperate to these ends, by means of this
Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio,I establish that:

L The competent Judicial Authorities of Vatican City State shall also erercise penal jurisdiction over:
a) crirnes committed agaillst the security, the fundamental interests or the patrimony of the

Holy

See;

b) crimes referred to:

- in Vatican City State Larv No. VIII, of 11 July 2013, containing Sttppleruentaryt
l'{orms on Crintinal Law Matters;

- in Vatican City State Law No. IX, of 11 July 2013, containing Aruendruents to
the Crintinal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code,

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Apostoiic Letter lssued Motu proprto On the Jurisdicflon of Judicial Authoritres

of Vatican

Cily State in Criminal Matters (11 July 2013) | Francis

when such crimes are comlnitted by the persons refened to in paragraph

belou', in the exercise of their functions;

by
c) any other crime whose prosecution is required by an intemational agreement ratified
and
State
City
the Holy See, if the perpetrator is pliysically present in the tenitorl'of Vatican
has not been extradited.
force in Vatican
2. The crimes referred to in paragraph 1 are to be judged pursuant to the criminal law in
City State at the time of their cornmission, u,ithout prejudice to the general principles of the legal system
on the temporal application of crirninal larvs'

"public
3. For the purposes of Vatican criminal lau,, the follou,ing persons are deemed

fficials":

the
a) mernbers, officials and persot-mel of the rrariot-ts organs of tlie Roman Curia and of
Institutions connected to it.

b) papal legates and diplomatic personnel of the Holy See'

c) those persons r,vho serve as representati\/es, managers or directors, as u'ell as persons u'ho
Jrrn dn jActo manage or erercisi control over the entities directiy dependent on the Holy
of
See and listed in the registry of canonical juridical persons kept by the Govemorate
Vatican City State;

d) any other persoll holding.an adrninistrative or judiciai tnandate in the Holy See,
pemanent or telxporary. pard or unpaid, inespectir,'e of that persott's seniority.
4. The.lurisdiction refer-red to in paragraph 1 comprises also the administrative iiability ofjuridical
persons arising from crimes, as regulated by Vatican City State lau's,
5. \\rhen the same matters are prosecuted in other States, the provisions itr force in Vatican Citv State on
concurrent jurisdiction shall apply.
6. The content of arlicle 23 oflarv No.
of'I/atican City State remains in force.

CXIX of 21 Novernber 1987, u,hich approves lhe JtLdicial Order

This I decide and establish, anything to the contrary notrvithstanding.

I establish that this Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio u,il1be promuleated by its publication in
L'Osservatore Romano, entering into force on 1 September 2013.
Git,en in Rome, at tlte Apostolic Palace, on 11 Jullt 2013, thefirst of nt1' Pontificate.

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