Philippines desk, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Why do victims and witnesses do not come forward to file charges or support cases in court after shootings, assaults and other […]
Month: February 2007
Six suggestions to improve the criminal justice system of the Philippines
Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong The Asian Legal Resource Centre and Asian Human Rights Commission call for the following steps to be taken as top priorities in order to […]
Rotten to the core: Unaddressed killings, disappearances & torture in the Philippines
Glossary AHRC Asian Human Rights Commission Barangay Village Cafgu Citizen’s Armed Forces Geographical Unit (militia) IB Infantry Battalion (Philippine Army) ID Infantry Division (Philippine Army) IFI Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippine […]
Introduction: The criminal justice system of the Philippines is rotten
Editorial board, article 2 This special report, “The criminal justice system of the Philippines is rotten” (article 2, vol. 5, no. 1, February 2007), is the first published by the […]
Getting away with murder
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong With gross violations of human rights continuing unabated and avenues for seeking justice and redress completely lacking, the Philippine government’s institutions are showing little […]
Foreword: The rotten criminal justice system of the Philippines must be cleaned out
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong To the ordinary person in the Philippines, neither the police nor the prosecution and courts […]
Appendix VI: Concluding observations of the UN Human Rights Committee on the Philippines
[CCPR/CO/79/PHL, 1 December 2003, extracts] 1. The Human Rights Committee considered the consolidated second and third periodic reports of the Philippines (CCPR/C/PHL/2002/2) at its 2138th, 2139th and 2140th meetings, held […]
Appendix V: Online petition—Stop the killings!
Dear Secretary of the Department of Justice PHILIPPINES: STOP THE KILLINGS NOW Recent years have seen an extraordinary number of political activists and human rights defenders extra-judicially killed in the […]
Appendix III: Open letters to the Philippine authorities
1. A functioning and effective policing and judicial system is required if extra-judicial killings are to be properly prosecuted and prevented AHRC-OL-002-2006, January 11, 2006 Hon. Raul Gonzalez Secretary Department […]
Appendix IV: Witness Protection, Security & Benefit Act
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6981 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A WITNESS PROTECTION, SECURITY AND BENEFIT PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Sec. 1. Name of Act. — This Act shall be known […]