The Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) of the peace panels of the government (GRP) and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) that was convened during the second round of peace talks will undertake joint activities to promote the implementation of Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).
MB FILE – Members of the Philippine government and National Democratic Front panels, their staff and supporters gather for a photo after signing an agreement for an indefinite ceasefire, an ‘unprecedented’ development in the negotiations between the two sides in Oslo, Norway, on Friday.
(Rocky Nazareno / Manila Bulletin)
(Rocky Nazareno / Manila Bulletin)
In a joint statement, these activities include, among others, the distribution of CARHRIHL in several local “languages, brochures, poster-making contest, and calendar” that will be conducted for the next 15 months from October 2016 until December 2017.
The JMC is also tasked to come up with a monitoring system and promote human rights by conducting fora and trainings and will recommend the inclusion of the study of human rights and international humanitarian law in the curriculum of schools.
For GRP side, Lawyer Efren C. Moncupa will be chair of the JMC, and his members are are Prosecutor General Claro A. Arellano and Col. Facundo O. Palafox IV while Fidel Agcaoili will be chair for NDFP side, with members Connie Ledesma and Concha Araneta.
Angeles City mayor Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has been chosen as independent observer for the GRP in the JMC while Fr. Rex Reyes and Christina Palabay for the NDFP.
The CARHRIHL is meant “to meet the needs arising from the concrete conditions of the Filipino people concerning violations of human rights and the principles of international humanitarian law, and to find principled ways and means of rendering justice to all the victims of such violations,” according to the NDFP.org, the official website of the NDFP.
“Both parties are also bound to uphold, protect, and promote the full scope of human rights, including civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights,” it said.
http://www.mb.com.ph/first-activity-for-newly-minted-peace-deal-poster-making/
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