Philippines Latest News

• ethics in action: Vol. 6 No. 6: Velasco's film a true social canvas [read online]
• human rights correspondence school - lesson 67: Prison visits in the Philippines [read online]
• article 2 - special report: Torture in the Philippines & the unfulfilled promise of the 1987 Constitution[read online]
• The State of Human Rights in the Philippines in the years: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005.
• Fact Finding Mission Report - A fact-finding mission report aiming to ascertain the perpetrators of these extra-judicial killings through proper documentation and to create a strong public opinion and to pressure the State under the GMA regime in enabling a positive and decisive response in resolving the extra-judicial killing cases. [download PDF]
• article 2 - article 2 is published by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) aims at the practical implementation of human rights. [read online]
• Human Rights SOLIDARITY - A publication of AHRC, which brings in human rights issues by ways of stories, testimonies and interviews. [read online]
• PRISONS...Manila Pen and beyond Prison Journal of Fr. Roberto P. Reyes [read more]

Mga piling batas para sa karapatang pantao

• Speedy Trial Act
• Poverty Alleviation Act
• Bill of Rights
• Indigenous Peoples Rights Act
• Food Fortification Act
• Urban Development and Housing Act
• Rights of Persons Arrested, Detained or under Custodial Investigation
• Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act
• Board of claims for victims of unjust imprisonment or detention and victims of violent crimes
• Protection against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination
• Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act
• Labor Code of the Philippines
• Consumer Act of the Philippines

Iminungkahing batas para sa karapatang pantao

• Human rights clearance for officers and government employees
• Criminalizing enforced or involuntary disappearance
• Strengthening freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and redress of grievances
• Anti-Torture Act of 2005