Friday, December 16, 2016

De Lima files ‘dissenting report’ on Senate probe on extrajudicial killings; recommendations


See: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0ncry3kjXKdUjJFaENpOHN0SVU/view


Recommendations stated in the De Lima dissent to the pro-Duterte Gordon committee report:


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1. To look into the alleged irregularities in the preparation, routing and filing of the Gordon Report and study the propriety of enforcing the standing Senate rules on all the committees;

2. To strengthen the investigative and forensic capacities of our law enforcement agencies to align with internationally accepted standards of law enforcement;

3. To urge the Department of Justice (DOJ), Philippine National Police, National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority to follow the International Drug Control Conventions;

4. To ensure the conduct of the visit, and effective and unhampered discharge of the duties of the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Summary Executions;

5. To enact into law of Senate Bill 1197, also known as the Anti-Extrajudicial Killings, which seeks to address institutional barriers to efficient, independent and impartial investigation of EJKs among concerned government agencies;

6. To enact into law the Charter of the Commission on Human Rights, logged as Senate Bill 1230, granting it its status as the country’s premier human rights body with powers to respond in real-time to human rights violations against Filipinos here and abroad;

7. To create a separate, dedicated office within DOJ or Public Attorney Office that would provide legal assistance and representation to law enforcement officials facing charges;

8. To establish a program in the Department of Social Welfare and Development to assist the surviving families of those killed during police operations;

9. To investigate not only the possible criminal acts of policemen but also the liabilities of their superiors under the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity;

10. To direct an independent investigation by a commission on the President’s war on drugs and the concomitant EJKs that have gone with it. (30)

The full text of the Dissenting Report can be accessed at http://bit.ly/2hh1PsL


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