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NR #2440C, 06.19.2011, Belmonte, Human Rights
NR #2440C, 06.19.2011, Belmonte, Human Rights
NR #2440C, 06.19.2011, Belmonte, Human Rights
NR # 2440C
sought to protect the rights of peoples by enacting progressive legislation. He mentioned the following: the Free Legal Assistance Act; the Anti-Torture Act of 2009; the Magna Carta of Women; the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006; the AntiViolence Against Women and Their children Act of 2004; the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003; the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 and the Migrant Workers Act of 1995. Furthermore, Belmonte revealed efforts to push the frontiers of human rights protection in the country covered by proposed legislation, among them: - to improve rights promotion and protection by providing the necessary mechanisms for the prevention of the occurrence and the protection from the adverse effects of internal displacement; - to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights; - to reinforce Philippine Commitment to human rights promotion and protection by establishing human rights resource centers throughout the country; - prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; and - strengthening the rights of the people to free expression, peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress of their grievances. Through these legislative initiatives, we hope not only to comply with our international legal commitments in the realm of human rights protection; more importantly, we hope to fortify and make irreversible the gains of human rights advocacy in this part of the world, Belmonte concluded. (30) dpt