uphold, assert and defend all human rights for all!
uphold, assert and defend all human rights for all!
On 29 May 2012, the Philippines will be reviewed as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council on the implementation of its human rights obligations.
The Philippine government receives in advance the opportunity to explain in a government report, what measures it has taken to improve the human rights situation in the country and to fulfill its international human rights obligations.
Rights group Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) called President Benigno Aquino a heartless uncompassionate President due to his inaction over the death of a cancer-stricken political prisoner.
In the morning of July 15, 2011, Mariano Umbrero, a political prisoner, died at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Hospital.
http://www.fidh.org/Protect-civilians-at-Camp-Ashraf-and-ensure
Paris, 11 April 2011 – An international and independent investigation must be carried out into the attacks on civilians living in Camp Ashraf on 8 April where Iraqi authorities are bound by international humanitarian law to cease all forms of violence against camp residents, said the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) in a joint press release today. Residents of the camp have "protected persons" status under the Fourth Geneva Convention. FIDH and LDDHI strongly condemn the attacks, the latest in a series since 2009.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from provinces in Mindanao on Wednesday completed a one day seminar on Anti-Torture Law and United Nations Committee Against Torture Concluding Observations and Recommendations, held in one of the local hotels in this city.
The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) oriented the NGOs on concluding observations and recommendations including the training of the police, military regarding the convention against torture and steps to be taken for people who are arrested and due process to be able to prevent torture.
In celebration of the International day of human rights, the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) along with its partner organizations challenge President Aquino to dismantle major roadblocks to the enjoyment of human rights by the poor, marginalized and vulnerable sectors within ten days from December 10.
Clear positions and appropriate steps regarding these human rights issues should be contained in a national human rights action plan and determinedly implemented with due diligence.
