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Joint Civil Society Report on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the PhilippinesPresented to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) prior to the Philippines' Second Periodic Report at the CAT 42nd session, from April 27 to May 15 2009 (To read more please visit http://www.philippinehumanrights.org and or OHCHR website

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Concluding Observations and Recommendations 
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION
Concluding observations of the Committee against Torture
THE PHILIPPINES
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Forty-second session Geneva, 27 April-15 May 2009

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Speech of CHR Chairperson Leila De Lima for Political Prisoners
"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. All persons deprived of their liberty in any form whatsoever are to be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person... "
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