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F. Reports of international human rights organizations, United Nations bodies and international solidarity missions: 1. Amnesty International (AI) Reports a. AI 2003 Report which covered the human rights situation in the Philippines from January to December 2002 and which observed that: High-ranking military officials accused lawful groups critical of the government of having close links with the NPA. Individuals publicly portrayed as active NPA sympathizers risked being viewed by the military as legitimate targets of counter-insurgency operations, making them highly vulnerable to grave human rights violations. b. AI 2004 Report which described the state of human rights in the country during the period of January to December 2003, thus: Attempts to revive peace talks with Muslim separatists in Mindanao made little progress following a military offensive, which sparked mass displacement of civilians and increased tension related to alleged Islamist “terrorist” bombings. Arbitrary arrests, torture, extrajudicial executions and “disappearances” were reported in the context of operations against suspected Islamist “terrorists”, Muslim separatists and communist insurgents… c. AI 2005 Report which reveals the worsening condition of human rights in the country from January to December 2004 when it made the following observations: Despite an extensive array of institutional and procedural safeguards, suspected perpetrators of serious human rights violations were rarely brought to justice. Prolonged and frequently unfair trial proceedings placed excessive burdens on people seeking judicial remedies for human rights abuses. Victims from poor or marginalized communities, when faced with physical threats combined with “amicable” financial settlements, frequently abandoned attempts to seek redress. 2. Asian Center for Human Rights’ consideration of the second periodic report of the Philippines (CCPR/C/PHL/2002/2) by the United Nations Human Rights Committee Report titled “Human Rights Record of the Philippines: Spectacular on Paper” which made the following conclusions and recommendations: The Philippines is a classic case of failure at implementation of human rights standards while according many rights on paper. x x x 196
Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) requests the United Nations Human Rights Committee to consider, among others, the following recommendations in its Concluding Observations on the Philippines for effective implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): • Take effective measures for implementation of the UN Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extrajudicial, Arbitrary and Summary Executions; • Disband Vigilante groups supported by the armed forces; • Make necessary amendments in the law to broaden the definition of torture to include all forms of torture; • Ban hamleting of indigenous peoples. 3. Report prepared by KARAPATAN, entitled “The Current Human Rights Situation in the Philippines vis-à-vis the Government’s Obligations under the 1966 International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)” and submitted to the 79 th Meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland on 5 October 2003, which states in quite strong terms: [P]erpetrators of all these violations have remained unaccountable to the crimes they have committed. Their actions have been tacitly recognized, condoned or tolerated by the government. Some have just been reassigned, some remained in their positions or worse even promoted to a higher rank or given “rewards” such as foreign scholarships. Quite a number have been politically rehabilitated, occupying powerful positions in the legislative and executive branches of government. The military commander of the army brigade in Mindoro Oriental who has been consistently implicated in the deaths of civilians and progressive leaders has been promoted to general. Despite being by-passed by the legislative Commission on Appointments, he enjoys the benefits of a general and has been recently appointed to head a higher military unit. The former general and Defense Secretary under whose watch violations of human rights thrived was forced to resign this year after being tagged as one of the corrupt military officials by the soldiers who staged a mutiny in July. General Victor Corpus of the Intelligence Services of the AFP (ISAFP) resigned earlier after being implicated in the bombing of airports and wharfs in Mindanao. Both were just recently promoted to new government positions by President Arroyo as the Ambassador-at-large for Counter-Terrorism and as head of the Armed Forces Civil Relations Services, respectively. 197
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directly possible through President
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For the Secretary’s consideration
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NORTH COTABATO Governor Emmanuel Pi
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B. Implementation of Electoral Frau
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men at the San Carlos Seminary guar
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sabihin sa lahat na wala po silang
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MS. SANTOS. MIG 21 po. SEN. PIMENTE
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THE CHAIRMAN. Paki-describe mo nga
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and another witness. She was able t
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MR. ZUCE. Mayroon na po. Mayroon na
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the last national - local elections
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Ruben: Hindi naman pumupunta, pero
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intonation of the spoken (or sung)
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officemates were sent in his behalf
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MR. BALUTAN. In the first place, I
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kinds of fraud, lahat ng klase ng c
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Election Returns at saka COC. We re
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JUSTICE CAPULONG: Mayroon po ba kay
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effecting Philippine constitutional
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September 29, 2005 - expert witness
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workers and these funds have accumu
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