The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reiterated on Wednesday its call for the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to stand for the agreement set forth in the landmine accord.
CHR Chairperson Loretta Ann P. Rosales also urged them to cease in persisting with the impunity of landmine use.
Rosales likewise said that the CHR supports the call to hold the NPA responsible under Republic Act No. 9851 or the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity.
“The incident is a violation of the treaty signed by the government and the communist insurgents in 1998 that bans the use of landmines,” Rosales said.
She added that it is an infringement against the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).
“These anti-vehicle and anti-personnel mines do not differentiate between civilians and soldiers, and may claim lives of farmers, their wives and their innocent children. Landmine use is a clear violation of the right to life as these devices remain lethal for decades once laid,” she stressed.
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