From the Visayan Daily Star (Nov 16): OPAPP group to
monitor HR violations
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process has organized an
inter-agency group to monitor human rights violations allegedly committed by
state security forces and communist New People’s Army rebels. At the recent signing of Terms of Reference of the Complaints Monitoring
Working Group in Manila, OPPAP Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles said “We have
long recognized that respect for human rights is an indispensable ingredient in
establishing and maintaining genuine peace.” In a statement, Deles also said that the TOR emphatically reaffirms the
government’s commitment to uphold human rights and international humanitarian
law. The CMWG, which is composed of the Department of Justice, Armed Forces of the
Philippines and National Police, as well as Commission on Human Rights, was
created to facilitate the investigation of violations of alleged human rights
and IHL through cooperative efforts among its member agencies. Jaime Arroyo, head of the monitoring committee secretariat, however, said that
the CMWG itself is not an investigative body, but it will refer the victims’
complaints to offices of the government that are mandated to investigate and/or
prosecute crimes against human rights laws.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2012/November/16/topstory7.htm
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