Human Rights Agenda towards "Zero Violations"

Monday 26 July 2010 by Bernardo D. Larin - PhilRights

  • Certify as urgent the following human rights bills:
    a.) Commission on Human Rights Charter
    b.) Martial Law victims compensation
    c.) Enforced disappearance and extra-legal killings
    d.) Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
    e.) Anti-discrimination
    f.) Protection of human rights defender
    g.) Release of detainees on recognizance
    h.) Reproductive health
    i.) Alternative Mining Act
    j.) Magna Carta for the Informal Sector
  • Review, adopt and implement the National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP)
  • Resolve speedily the cases of the Ampatuan massacre, Morong 43, and PICOP 6 in Agusan del Sur
  • Release unconditionally all political prisoners
  • Impose moratorium on large-scale mining and forced evictions
  • Stop privatization of public utilities such as the Angat Dam privatization
  • Hasten the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) and fully implement the Anti-Torture Act.
  • Ratify the optional protocols to the Convention Against Torture (CAT) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR)
  • Transmit to Senate the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court for ratification
  • Increase the budgets for social services such as education, housing, and health.
  • Repeal Presidential Decree 1177 or the automatic appropriation for debt servicing in the national budget and the 1995 mining act
  • Pursue sincerely peace talks with the communist and Muslim rebels
  • Ban labor contractualization and union-busting
  • Dismantle private armies and para-military groups
  • Review and implement the Concluding Observations of the UN treaty bodies and the mandate holders of the HR Council Special Procedures

Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates Philippine NGO-PO Network on ESC Rights


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