The document discusses three bills related to human rights in the Philippines: 1) The Anti-Torture Bill of 2009 which penalizes all forms of torture and prohibits secret detention centers, was signed into law in 2009. 2) The Whistleblower Act of 2008 aims to establish protections for whistleblowers exposing government corruption but remains pending in the Senate. 3) The Commission on Human Rights Act seeks to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights by granting prosecutorial powers but also remains pending in the Senate.
The document discusses three bills related to human rights in the Philippines: 1) The Anti-Torture Bill of 2009 which penalizes all forms of torture and prohibits secret detention centers, was signed into law in 2009. 2) The Whistleblower Act of 2008 aims to establish protections for whistleblowers exposing government corruption but remains pending in the Senate. 3) The Commission on Human Rights Act seeks to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights by granting prosecutorial powers but also remains pending in the Senate.
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The document discusses three bills related to human rights in the Philippines: 1) The Anti-Torture Bill of 2009 which penalizes all forms of torture and prohibits secret detention centers, was signed into law in 2009. 2) The Whistleblower Act of 2008 aims to establish protections for whistleblowers exposing government corruption but remains pending in the Senate. 3) The Commission on Human Rights Act seeks to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights by granting prosecutorial powers but also remains pending in the Senate.
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TITLE OF THE BILL SALIENT FEATURES LEGISLATIVE STATUS
Anti-Torture Bill of 2009 The bill penalizes all forms Signed into law RA 9745 of torture, be it physical, last Nov. 13, 2009 mental, psychological, and pharmacological, which is done through the administration of drugs. It also prohibits the use of secret detention center by state authorities. Whistleblower Act of 2008 The bill aims to establish a Pending in the Senate bill of rights for Committee on Justice and whistleblowers, especially Human Rights on first the exposition of corrupt reading (Senate Bill 1972 government officials. (Santiago), 2040 (Lacson) and 2129 (Villar). Commission on Human The bill aims to strengthen Pending in the Senate Rights Act the CHR by providing them Committee on Justice and prosecutorial powers over Human Rights on first delineated forms of human reading SB 2657 (Escudero) rights violations.