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Establishing a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM): A Workshop on OPCAT Implementation in the Philippines A workshop centered on the establishment of an effective national preventive mechanism in line with the Philippines’ adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) was held last October 23-24, 2008. One hundred eight (108) participants from the government, members of Congress, civil society organisations, independent institutions and international actors all partook actively and contributed to the various discussions. ···> read more |
This media forum is a partnership activity by BALAY Rehabilitation Center and the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines. A timely activity coinciding with the commemoration of the June 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and the commemoration of the 60th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ···> read more
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| Basta! Run Against Torture II (BRAT II) United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture June 26 is a UN international day to commemorate the support to victims of torture. Balay Rehabilitation Center, together with other non-government organizations such as Amnesty International, Pilipinas, the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) and the United against Torture Coalition joined the international community in the global campaign to prevent and put a stop to the practice of torture in all corners of the world. Its commemoration activity was through the Second Basta! Run against Torture II, a freedom from torture multi-stakeholder and sectoral run. ···> read more
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