{"id":59844,"date":"2025-08-08T15:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/?p=59844"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:21:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:21:37","slug":"pacific-conference-of-churches-will-continue-to-reweave-the-ecological-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/pacific-conference-of-churches-will-continue-to-reweave-the-ecological-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Conference of Churches will continue to reweave the ecological mat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pacific Conference of Churches Statement on the International Court of Justice\u202fAdvisory Opinion<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7f0f3eeb-04f1-76c7-8b7a-0fbc925ce737.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59846\" width=\"523\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7f0f3eeb-04f1-76c7-8b7a-0fbc925ce737.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7f0f3eeb-04f1-76c7-8b7a-0fbc925ce737-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe therefore renew our call, echoed at last month\u2019s UN Ocean Conference, for an immediate moratorium on all seabed\u2011mining activity,\u201d reads the statement.&nbsp;\u201cIf a healthy environment is a human right, then rivers, forests, mountains, and the ocean must be recognised&nbsp;as rights\u2011bearing entities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacific Indigenous leadership is already blazing this trail, notes the statement.&nbsp;\u201cIn 2024, M\u0101ori, Tahitian, Tongan, and Cook Islands leaders signed He\u202fWhakaputanga\u202fMoana, a treaty granting whales legal personhood, so their suffering can be challenged in court,\u201d&nbsp;reads the text.&nbsp;\u201cAotearoa\u2011New\u202fZealand\u2019s Te\u202fAwa\u202fTupua Act\u202f2017 has long recognised the Whanganui River as a legal person with enforceable rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These examples show how the International Court of Justice\u2019s language can be translated into statute.&nbsp;\u201cPollution or ecological damage by any actor must trigger prosecution and full restoration,\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cLet us heed the Tu\u0101koi\u202f\u2018Lei summons to good\u2011neighbourly love by protecting creation, repairing injustice, and embracing a just transition worthy of our children,\u201d concludes the statement.&nbsp;\u201cThe Pacific drum has sounded\u2014may its rhythm guide the world towards&nbsp;an Ocean of Peace where peoples and planet flourish together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oikoumene.org\/resources\/documents\/pacific-conference-of-churches-statement-on-the-icj-advisory-opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More about the <\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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