HRA

• 2 KINDS OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS INV. MILITARY:

  • Unilateral Interventions by a Single State
  • Collective Interventions by a Group of States
• Unilateral Interventions by a Single State


  decides to use military force to address a

  humanitarian crisis without seeking

  approval or coordination with other nations

  or international organizations.
• Collective Interventions by a Group of

  States


  involve a group of

  states acting together, often under the

  auspices of international organizations

  such as the United Nations or regional

  alliances, to address a humanitarian crisis
• CATEGORIES OF HR:

  1. civil
  2. political
  3. economic
  4. social
  5. cultural
  6. collective
• civil rights


  The right to be treated as

  an equal to anyone else in the society.
• political rights


  The rights to vote, to

  freedom of speech and obtain

  information
• economic rights


  The right to

  participate in an economy that

  benefits all; and to desirable work.
• social rights


  The rights to

  education, health care, clothing.

  shelter, and social security.
• cultural rights


  The rights to

  freedom of religion, and to speak

  language, and to practice the culture

  of one’s choice.
• collective rights


  rights that protect

  communities and the environment.
• human rights violation


  refers to any

  negligence or action that break or

  violate the fundamental rights and

  freedoms entitled to individuals under

  international human rights law.
• legally binding


  Refers to an

  agreement, contract, or decision that is

  enforceable by law. Parties involved are

  obligated to fulfill the terms and

  conditions outlined in the agreement,

  and failure to do so can result in legal

  consequences.
• human rights


  rights inherent to all

  human beings, regardless of race, sex,

  nationality, ethnicity, language, religion,

  or any other status.
• victims


  means persons who,

  individually or collectively, have

  suffered harm, including physical or

  mental injury, emotional suffering,

  economic loss or substantial

  impairment of their fundamental rights,

  through acts or omissions that do not

  yet constitute violations of national

  criminal laws but of internationally

  recognized norms relating to human

  rights.
• genocide


  the intentional extermination

  of a single ethnic, racial, or religious

  group.
• extrajudicial killings


  The unlawful or

  unauthorized killing of individuals by

  government authorities or other groups

  without judicial process or legal

  justification.
• red-tagging


  A practice in which

  individuals or groups are labeled or

  accused of being associated with or

  supporting subversive activities,

  insurgency, terrorism, or other illegal

  activities without sufficient evidence.
• non-state actors


  Entities or groups

  that operate outside the control or

  authority of the government and are not

  traditional state actors.
• Humanitarian intervention


  The use of

  military force, diplomatic pressure, or

  other means by one or more states or

  international organizations to intervene

  in a situation where there are

  widespread human rights abuses,

  humanitarian crises, or threats to peace

  and security.
• humane treatment


  Refers to the

  ethical and compassionate treatment of

  people, particularly in situations where

  they may be suffering or distressed.
• affidavit


  a sworn statement a person

  makes before a notary or officer of the

  court outside of the court asserting that

  certain facts are true to the best of that

  person’s knowledge.
• GROUPS VULNERABLE TO HRV:

  1. indigent people/persons living in poverty
  2. children
  3. women & girls
  4. LGBTQIA
  5. internally displaced persons
  6. persons w/ disabilities
  7. migrant workers
• Victims of human rights violations are

  mostly unprivileged individuals who lack

  awareness or capacity to access services

  and aid for them.
• HRA IN THE PH:

  1. Extrajudicial killings and impunity
  2. “Red-Tagging” and Attacks on Activists, Unionists, and Journalists
  3. Freedom of expression
  4. Enforced Disappearances
  5. children's rights
• AGENCIES:

  1. commission on human rights
  2. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
  3. philippine national police
  4. department of health
  5. department of justice
  6. AMNESTY international
  7. karapatan
  8. Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau
  9. Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates
• regional directors


  oversee and

  manages the operations in the CHR

  within specific administrative regions of

  the country; they also

  provides legal and financial assistance

  to victims of human rights violations

  within their respective regions.
• legal team


  Usually consists of lawyers, they

  provide legal advice, expertise, support

  and assistance to the clients (walk in or

  telephone) on matters related to human

  rights law and legal remedies.
• legal team


  represents victims of human rights

  abuses in legal proceedings, including

  filing complaints, and petitions in

  domestic courts and international

  tribunals.
• information officer


  tasked with

  disseminating information about human

  rights issues, CHR activities, and

  advocacy campaigns to the public.
• investigators


  are responsible for

  conducting investigations into alleged

  human rights violations.
• Act No. 3815: THE REVISED PENAL CODE


  An act revising the penal code and

  other penal laws, it is the basic law that

  defines criminal offenses and provides

  the penalties for the commission of

  those offenses.
• R.A. NO. 9208: ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT OF 2003


  An act to institute policies to

  eliminate trafficking in persons

  especially women and children,

  establishing the necessary institutional

  mechanisms for the protection and

  support of trafficked persons, providing

  penalties for its violations, and for other.
• R.A. 9262: THE ANTI-VIOLENCE AGAINST

  WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN ACT OF 2004


  An act defining violence against

  women and their children, providing for

  protective measures for victims,

  prescribing penalties therefore, and for

  other purposes.
• R.A. NO. 11648 : AN ACT PROMOTING FOR

  STRONGER PROTECTION AGAINST RAPE

  AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE,

  INCREASING THE AGE FOR DETERMINING

  THE COMMISSION OF STATUTORY RAPE

  The Act Raising the Age of Sexual

  Consent, which increases the age of

  statutory rape from 12 to 16. This

  recognizes children’s right to and need

  for protection from sexual abuse and

  exploitation.
• R.A. 7610


  An act providing for stronger

  deterrence and special protection

  against child abuse, exploitation and

  discrimination, and for other purposes.
• RA 10353: ANTI-ENFORCED

  OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE ACT OF 2012


  An act defining and penalizing

  enforced or involuntary disappearance.
• THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES – ARTICLE III


  sets out provisions

  regarding the fundamental rights and

  principles of the state policy guarantees

  human rights and freedoms such as the

  right to life and liberty, prohibition of

  unjust arrest and detention, prohibition

  of forced labor and slavery, the privacy

  of home, the freedom of movement,

  freedom of assembly, freedom of

  association, the freedom of speech and

  religion.
• international humanitarian law


  set of rules which seek, for humanitarian

  reasons, to limit the effects of armed

  conflict. It protects persons who are not

  or are no longer participating in the

  hostilities and restricts the means and

  methods of warfare.
• Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)


  an NGO working

  with a mission ‘’to develop a strong,

  progressive, dynamic, and pluralist

  human rights movement that engages the

  state to comply with its human rights

  obligations and non-state actors to fulfill

  their human rights responsibilities’’.
• Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau (WLB)


  is ‘’a is a feminist legal non-government organization composed of women’s rights activists, advocates and development workers’’.