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Justice and Peace Handbook

Here is a list of some useful resources for the run up to the General Election
A valuable statement from the English and Welsh Bishops, Choosing the Common Good
CAFOD has also produced material
Material from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (largely English and not much on family and bioethics)
For a useful look at how we make decisions, an article by Professor John Haldane, What happened to our moral compass?

UKCCC report
The UK Committee on Climate Change published its report 'Scotland's path to a low carbon economy' on 24th February. The report says that 42% emissions reduction in Scotland by 2020 is challenging but achievable. When asked, Stewart Stevenson committed to 42%, saying "...having set a 42% target, that is one we should stick to...it is certainly our intention to stick to 42%..." so we have a clear statement from Government on the record.

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland statement on Copenhagen

The gap between rich and poor is wider now than 40 years ago, a government-commissioned panel has reported

The Detention of Children in the Immigration System
House of Commons Home Affairs Committee 24 November 3009

Work and Worklessness in Scotland
The Scottish Government has published a report on the extent of work and worklessness in Scotland. One in three housholds in Glasgow have no earned income coming in although in 2008, the total number of children living in workless households in Scotland was 120,700, down 11,300 over the year. Of the 120,700 children, 73.7 per cent (88,900) live in a lone parent household. Nov 2009

Liturgy and prayer ideas for Hiroshima Pax Christi 

Short thematic report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons
Detainee escorts and removals: A thematic review August 2009 (PDF)

10 Ways for Citizens to Save Sanctuary
CITIZENS for Sanctuary have published a colourful and exciting new resource for campaigners.  It is very easy to read, with simple things anyone with and ounce of humanity can do.

G20 Final Communique with valuable context and criticism by eg Anne Pettifor, Susan George and others.

Between the Flood and the Rainbow: Climate Change and the Church's Social Teaching.
A Study Guide on Climate Change based upon key themes in Catholic Social Teaching.

Excellent fairtrade resource for church groups

New report says Fairtrade needed more than ever as UK Fairtrade sales top £700m (Feb 09)

Justice and Peace briefing on Gaza (Jan 09)

Independent Asylum Commission final report  
Deserving Dignity is the third and final report of the Independent Asylum Commission. It builds on the previous publications 'Safe Return and Saving Sanctuary', all of which are downloadable. If you are interested in joining one of the Regional Action Teams to take forward the findings of and recommendations of the Commission, please contact them.

The rights of women seeking asylum: a charter

The Facade of Arms Control: How the UK's export licensing system facilitates the arms trade. A report by researcher Anna Stavrianakis. This new CAAT publication is ideal for anyone who has struggled to understand or reconcile the wide variety of government, campaign organisation and media pronouncements on the issue of arms control. (April 2008)

House of Lords
Serious concerns about refugee wefare at Heathrow Airport (June 2008)

Self Harm in Immigration Detention - January to December 2007
- In this period every 2.3 days a detainee self-harmed requiring medical treatment. Last year 157 detainees were hospitalized after self-harming, 1,517 were put on 'Formal Self-Harm at Risk'

Families in immigration Detention January/December 2007

Tackling Poverty, Inequality, and Deprivation in Scotland: A summary of the Scottish Government Discussion Paper

Heat or Eat?
Women's Experience of Poverty in Scotland 2008
New qualitative research by The Poverty Alliance

Take Action to End Asylum Destitution
Campaign Action Pack from Positive Action in Housing

The Dispossessed
A brief guide from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

David Miliband's excellent address to Pontifical Council Conference, 26 April 2007

Trident and Jobs.
The STUC and Scottish CND published a report in March 2007, on the economic implications of cancelling Trident

Replacing Trident: A Scottish Catholic Response (pdf, 3.2mb)

Statement from the Justice and Peace Commission on Amnesty International and Abortion

Resources for Justice and Peace Sunday – 6 January 2008

Message of his Holiness Pope Benedict XV1 for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace 1 January 2008

Scottish Parliamentary general elections and elections to Scotland's 32 councils took place on 3 May 2007.
The results are posted on the BBC Election website. The online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, has a large amount of background information under the article Scottish Parliament Election, 2007 . An extensive review of the election can be found in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) Briefing
For a national anthem, how about Tullochgorum

Justice and Peace priorities Policy Statement (pdf, 280kb)

House of Lords House of Commons Joint Human Rights Committee report - 30 March - The Treatment of Asylum Seekers

Treatment of Asylum Seekers (pdf 748KB)

Zimbabwe Bishops' Pastoral Letter (pdf)

Fairtrade Scotland 2007 conference report  

Paisley Diocesan Trident leaflet (pdf, 8.75mb)

House of Lords House of Commons Joint Human Rights Committee report - 30 March 2007 - The Treatment of Asylum Seekers (pdf)

Scotland & Slavery - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (pdf)

The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church

 Download our Policy Statement on Asylum, Trade Justice and Clean Drinking Water (pdf, 280kb)

Yarls Wood Healthcare Report (pdf  954kb)

Victims of Intolerance
UNHCR report on Asylum Seekers.

Trident Debate in Scottish Parliament 4 May
(First 21 pages of document is the debate on Trident)

Cardinal O'Brien's preaches on the replacement of Trident, Easter Sunday 2006.

Scottish Bishops' Issue Statement on Replacement of Trident.
11 April 2006

Read Scottish Bishops' statement on Peace and Disarmament from 1982

WATER, AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR LIFE 
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
A Contribution of the Holy See to the Fourth World Water Forum
(Mexico City, 16 - 22 March 2006)

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006

Poverty: the key challenge for regeneration
Lord Richard Best's lecture to the Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum in September 2005 can be read here.

Pope's message for World Day of Peace
January 1, 2006

EPIPHANY 2006

Material for The Feast of the Epiphany, celebrated in Scotland on 8th January 2006 and designated by the Bishops' Conference as a day of prayer for justice and peace.

Leaflet: A Just Cause for a Fairer World (pdf, 76kb)
Message from Bishop Peter Moran
Bidding Prayers
Article for Parish Bulletins
Insert for Parish Bulletins