^
+ Follow CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE Tag
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 861036
                    [Title] => Pinoy elected to UN committee on torture
                    [Summary] => 

A Filipino expert on psychological trauma has been elected member of the United Nation’s Committee on Torture in Geneva, Switzerland.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 800506 [Title] => EU welcomes ratification of convention vs torture [Summary] =>

The European Union (EU) welcomed yesterday the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) by the Philippines last April 17.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 761330 [Title] => Legarda seeks approval of treaty for improvement of jails [Summary] =>

Senate committee on foreign relations chair Loren Legarda called on senators to approve a treaty that seeks to improve the conditions of the country’s jails in order to promote the rehabilitation of prisoners.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 704558 [Title] => AFP to hold human rights seminar for intel personnel [Summary] =>

The military is to hold a human rights forum for its intelligence personnel today to ensure that their operations would be compliant with international humanitarian law and other existing policies.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 698637 [Title] => DOJ summons Palparan on missing UP students [Summary] =>

Retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and others were summoned yesterday to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to answer criminal charges that they were involved in the alleged enforced disappearance of two University of the Philippines students five years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 694663 [Title] => DOJ starts probe into 2 missing UP students [Summary] =>

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has started its preliminary investigation on the criminal charges against retired Army major general Jovito Palparan for the alleged enforced disappearance of two University of the Philippines student-activists five years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 637874 [Title] => Philippines signs implementing rules and regulations of Anti-Torture Law [Summary] =>

The Philippines today signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9745, otherwise known as the Anti-Torture Law, for its effective enforcement.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-10 22:01:35 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 587753 [Title] => Aquino urged to enforce Anti-Torture Law [Summary] =>

The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) yesterday called on the incoming Aquino administration to strictly enforce Republic Act 9745 or the Anti-Torture Law, amid continuing reports of torture and other inhuman treatment by state security forces.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 512169 [Title] => Ratification of UN protocol allowing foreign inspection of RP jails recommended [Summary] =>

The Senate committee on foreign relations is recommending the ratification of a United Nations protocol that will allow foreign inspection of Philippine jails.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 471694 [Title] => Palace appeals to Congress to focus on legislation [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang called on lawmakers yesterday to pass at least three important bills before Congress adjourns for a month-long break next week.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 861036
                    [Title] => Pinoy elected to UN committee on torture
                    [Summary] => 

A Filipino expert on psychological trauma has been elected member of the United Nation’s Committee on Torture in Geneva, Switzerland.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 800506 [Title] => EU welcomes ratification of convention vs torture [Summary] =>

The European Union (EU) welcomed yesterday the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) by the Philippines last April 17.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 761330 [Title] => Legarda seeks approval of treaty for improvement of jails [Summary] =>

Senate committee on foreign relations chair Loren Legarda called on senators to approve a treaty that seeks to improve the conditions of the country’s jails in order to promote the rehabilitation of prisoners.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 704558 [Title] => AFP to hold human rights seminar for intel personnel [Summary] =>

The military is to hold a human rights forum for its intelligence personnel today to ensure that their operations would be compliant with international humanitarian law and other existing policies.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 698637 [Title] => DOJ summons Palparan on missing UP students [Summary] =>

Retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and others were summoned yesterday to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to answer criminal charges that they were involved in the alleged enforced disappearance of two University of the Philippines students five years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 694663 [Title] => DOJ starts probe into 2 missing UP students [Summary] =>

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has started its preliminary investigation on the criminal charges against retired Army major general Jovito Palparan for the alleged enforced disappearance of two University of the Philippines student-activists five years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 637874 [Title] => Philippines signs implementing rules and regulations of Anti-Torture Law [Summary] =>

The Philippines today signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9745, otherwise known as the Anti-Torture Law, for its effective enforcement.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-10 22:01:35 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 587753 [Title] => Aquino urged to enforce Anti-Torture Law [Summary] =>

The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) yesterday called on the incoming Aquino administration to strictly enforce Republic Act 9745 or the Anti-Torture Law, amid continuing reports of torture and other inhuman treatment by state security forces.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 512169 [Title] => Ratification of UN protocol allowing foreign inspection of RP jails recommended [Summary] =>

The Senate committee on foreign relations is recommending the ratification of a United Nations protocol that will allow foreign inspection of Philippine jails.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 471694 [Title] => Palace appeals to Congress to focus on legislation [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang called on lawmakers yesterday to pass at least three important bills before Congress adjourns for a month-long break next week.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
abtest
Are you sure you want to log out?
X
Login

Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. With your meaningful insights, help shape the stories that can shape the country. Sign up now!

Get Updated:

Signup for the News Round now

FORGOT PASSWORD?
SIGN IN
or sign in with