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Monday, November 4, 2013
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Families of desaparecidos hail approval of anti-enforced disappearance bill
Families of desaparecidos hail approval of anti-enforced disappearance bill
The passage on third and final reading by the House of Representatives of House Bill No. 98, the proposed “Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012” yesterday inevitably leads to the light at the end of the tunnel. Having been in the forefront of the 17-year uphill battle for the enactment of this law, we believe that final victory will be ours before the year ends.
The House passed on third reading similar measures in the 13th and 14th Congresses. The Senate had made up for its failure to pass them in the last two Congresses by approving its own current version of the bill on final reading on 26 July 2011.
The imminent enactment of an anti-enforced or involuntary law is indeed long overdue even as it is seasonable as forced disappearances remain unabated and committed with impunity.
Fifteen victims have already been reported under the current Aquino administration, including three Muslim students en route to Sudan. They were allegedly disappeared at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on January 4, 2012. Their families now join other kin of desaparecidos in their anxious and laborious search for their missing loved ones and for the elusive justice.
A law that penalizes enforced disappearance as a distinct and separate crime will help the families bring to justice the perpetrators of this heinous offense that violates practically all human rights.
Justice demands immediate investigation by concerned authorities once a commission of enforced disappearance has been reported; immediate apprehension of the suspected offenders; speedy prosecution and if warranted conviction of the accused; reparation to the victims and/or their families; and State guarantees of non-repetition. These, the proposed anti-enforced disappearance law seeks to carry out. Specifically, among its salient features are:
1) adopting the UN definition of enforced disappearance that limits the offense to State actors;
2) declaring the right against enforced disappearance as non-derogable;
3) providing mechanisms to protect, promote and fulfill the right to truth;
4) inapplicability of the Statute of Limitations for victims whose fate and whereabouts have not yet been established;
5) maintenance of up-to-date register of detainees and prisoners;
6) expeditious disposition and enforcement of court orders and rulings;
7) penal sanctions ranging from arresto mayor to reclusion perpetua;
8) criminal liability of commanding officers or superiors;
9) restitution and compensation to victims and next-of-kin;
10) psychosocial rehabilitation of both victims and offenders.
PRESS STATEMENT
FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE (FIND)
22 MARCH 2012
The House passed on third reading similar measures in the 13th and 14th Congresses. The Senate had made up for its failure to pass them in the last two Congresses by approving its own current version of the bill on final reading on 26 July 2011.
The imminent enactment of an anti-enforced or involuntary law is indeed long overdue even as it is seasonable as forced disappearances remain unabated and committed with impunity.
Fifteen victims have already been reported under the current Aquino administration, including three Muslim students en route to Sudan. They were allegedly disappeared at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on January 4, 2012. Their families now join other kin of desaparecidos in their anxious and laborious search for their missing loved ones and for the elusive justice.
A law that penalizes enforced disappearance as a distinct and separate crime will help the families bring to justice the perpetrators of this heinous offense that violates practically all human rights.
Justice demands immediate investigation by concerned authorities once a commission of enforced disappearance has been reported; immediate apprehension of the suspected offenders; speedy prosecution and if warranted conviction of the accused; reparation to the victims and/or their families; and State guarantees of non-repetition. These, the proposed anti-enforced disappearance law seeks to carry out. Specifically, among its salient features are:
1) adopting the UN definition of enforced disappearance that limits the offense to State actors;
2) declaring the right against enforced disappearance as non-derogable;
3) providing mechanisms to protect, promote and fulfill the right to truth;
4) inapplicability of the Statute of Limitations for victims whose fate and whereabouts have not yet been established;
5) maintenance of up-to-date register of detainees and prisoners;
6) expeditious disposition and enforcement of court orders and rulings;
7) penal sanctions ranging from arresto mayor to reclusion perpetua;
8) criminal liability of commanding officers or superiors;
9) restitution and compensation to victims and next-of-kin;
10) psychosocial rehabilitation of both victims and offenders.
PRESS STATEMENT
FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE (FIND)
22 MARCH 2012
Monday, June 13, 2011
Group welcomes Senate nod on bill for the disappeared - Nation - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News
Group welcomes Senate nod on bill for the disappeared - Nation - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News
A human rights group welcomed over the weekend the upper chamber's nod on Senate Bill No. 2817, which seeks to punish as a crime "enforced disappearance."
"The Senate’s move is a big step toward the realization of the dream of the families of desaparecidos [victims of forced disappearance] to bring perpetrators to justice," said Wilma Q. Tizon, secretary general of the NGO Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND).
"The Senate’s move is a big step toward the realization of the dream of the families of desaparecidos [victims of forced disappearance] to bring perpetrators to justice," said Wilma Q. Tizon, secretary general of the NGO Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND).
Friday, June 10, 2011
Senate approves Enforced Disappearance bill – FIND
http://hronlineph.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/press-release-senate-approves-enforced-disappearance-bill-find/
The Senate before adjourning sine die on Wednesday passed on second reading Senate Bill No. 2817 which seeks to define and penalize enforced disappearance.
Senate Bill No. 2817 was approved in substitution of Senate Bills numbered 100, 1226, 1455 and 2176 respectively authored by Senators Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Manuel Villar, Miriam Defensor Santiago and Francis Pangilinan.
Escudero, who chairs the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, steered the plenary approval of the measure with perfecting amendments proposed by Santiago.
The proposed human rights legislation adopts the definition of enforced disappearance under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance which entered into force in December last year.
Senate Bill No. 2817 was approved in substitution of Senate Bills numbered 100, 1226, 1455 and 2176 respectively authored by Senators Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Manuel Villar, Miriam Defensor Santiago and Francis Pangilinan.
Escudero, who chairs the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, steered the plenary approval of the measure with perfecting amendments proposed by Santiago.
The proposed human rights legislation adopts the definition of enforced disappearance under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance which entered into force in December last year.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Disappeared but always remembered (Joint statement of FIND and AFAD for IWD)
http://hronlineph.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/statement-disappeared-but-always-remembered/
Every last week of May, the families of the disappeared and human rights advocates around the world join together in commemorating the International Week of the Disappeared. Here in the Philippines, from May 29 to June 4 this year, we remember and honor all the desaparecidos who were snatched from the bosom of their families and society and made to suffer the unknown ordeal. Their memories live on in our hearts and minds.
The International Week of the Disappeared which began as a local tide of protest of the Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared-Detainees (FEDEFAM) more than three decades ago eventually grew into a global tidal wave against the abominable practice of enforced disappearance even as it is an expression of international solidarity for the disappeared and their families. Our continuing observance of this occasion reflects the continuing character of enforced disappearance as much as it mirrors the unabated commission of this state-perpetrated heinous offense.
Every last week of May, the families of the disappeared and human rights advocates around the world join together in commemorating the International Week of the Disappeared. Here in the Philippines, from May 29 to June 4 this year, we remember and honor all the desaparecidos who were snatched from the bosom of their families and society and made to suffer the unknown ordeal. Their memories live on in our hearts and minds.
The International Week of the Disappeared which began as a local tide of protest of the Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared-Detainees (FEDEFAM) more than three decades ago eventually grew into a global tidal wave against the abominable practice of enforced disappearance even as it is an expression of international solidarity for the disappeared and their families. Our continuing observance of this occasion reflects the continuing character of enforced disappearance as much as it mirrors the unabated commission of this state-perpetrated heinous offense.
Friday, April 22, 2011
FIND Lenten Statement: Kalbaryo ng Kawalan ng Katarungan
by Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND)
“…let justice flow like a stream, and righteousness like a river that never goes dry.” (Amos, 5:24)
Every Holy Wednesday, members of the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) gather at the Bantayog ng mga Desaparecido at the Redemptorist Church grounds in Baclaran, Paranaque City, for their annual Lenten activity dubbed Kalbaryo ng Kawalan ng Katarungan.
Not unlike the injustice of the arrest, trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the multiple violations of human rights of the disappeared and their families is an endless calvary of injustice.
Indeed, despite the steadfast struggle for justice in and out of court of the families of victims of enforced disappearance, justice remains elusive.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Congress urged to swiftly pass Anti-Enforced Disappearance Bill
by Jerbert Briola
The Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) urged Congress to pass a bill that would punish those responsible for enforced disappearances.
“We hope that through this, justice will be served to the families of disappeared,” FIND Secretary General Wilma Q. Tizon said, as the group welcomed the support of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago for the enactment of anti-enforced disappearance law.
Stressing the urgency of having a national law that would make enforced or involuntary disappearance a criminal offense, Defensor-Santiago filed Senate Bill No. 1455 entitled “An Act Defining and Penalizing Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance”. http://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/89517494!.pdf
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