Philippines – Passion of the Present

Philippines: Homicide Trial of 8 Soldiers Nears End

On: September 13, 2011

In: Asia, Bacar Japalali, impunity, Philippines, Press release

The final two defense witnesses are scheduled to testify this week in Tagum City in the first trial in the Philippines in a decade in which soldiers have been charged with homicide in an armed conflict situation.
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"No Justice Just Adds to the Pain"

On: July 19, 2011

In: Asia, Judicial Accountability, Philippines, Report, Torture

Killings, Disappearances, and Impunity in the Philippines

This 96-page report details strong evidence of military involvement in seven killings and three enforced disappearances of leftist activi…Continue Reading

The Hidden Victims of Human Trafficking

On: June 29, 2011

In: Asia, Child Labor, Children, Children's Rights, Commentary, Domestic Workers, Human Trafficking, ILO Convention, ILO Treaty, Indonesia, Labor, labor laws, Migrant Domestic Workers, Migrants, Migrants, Forced Labor, modern-day slavery, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Trafficking, Trafficking of Women and Girls, Women & Girls, Women's Rights, Workers, Forced Labor & Trafficking

Being forced into domestic servitude is one of the most common forms of human trafficking. Yet it remains one of the most invisible, including meager media coverage and law enforcement efforts. On June 27, the US …Continue Reading

ASEAN: Reject Burma as Regional Group’s Chair

On: May 6, 2011

In: ASEAN, Burma, Commission of Inquiry, Philippines, Press release

(New York) – The Philippine government should lead members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in rejecting Burma’s request to chair the regional grouping in 2014 until the Burmese government takes genuine steps towards improving huma…Continue Reading