With National Human Rights Consciousness Week (NHRCW) celebrations to kickoff this Thursday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that all its units are instructed and trained to give a premium on the protection of people's rights, especially children.
The celebration starts on Dec. 4 and end on the 10th.
Major Emmanuel Garcia, AFP 7th Civil Relations Group commander, said that the military complies with this through strict observance of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect to Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law or CARHRIHL.
"The AFP fully supports and cooperates with every government agencies especially the Department of Social Welfare and Development in protecting children particularly those involved in cases of children caught in armed conflict (CAC)," he added.
Aside from this, the AFP Human Rights Office was especially created in line with the military's efforts in protecting the rights of the people's especially the children.
"As a fresh start, the AFP also provides lectures, training and seminars on Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law and CARHRIL and Role of Law to newly recruited candidate soldiers as they undergo basic military training," Garcia stressed.
The same lectures are being repeated in every in-service training and career courses of officers and enlisted personnel.
"The AFP also conducts investigations so that individuals who are guilty of any offense against the people, particularly those involved in tarnishing the image of the AFP will be punished in accordance with our laws. In doing so, we as one people must be circumspect in dealing with the problem and not let the whole organization and the greater number of people suffer because of the mistakes of the few," Garcia disclosed.
The NHRCW Celebration is in pursuant to the Republic Act No. 9201, otherwise known as the National Human Rights Consciousness Week of 2002.
This is in line with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 1948.
The UDHR is a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration;
Constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
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