AI CITES PNP HUMAN RIGHTS BEST PRACTICES
PNP Public Information Office
Published on Wednesday, 03 December 2014 16:56
AI Director Steve Crawshaw said the human rights watchdog is interested in learning from the experience of the PNP on the Challenges and Breakthroughs in Human Rights Promotion and Protection.
Crawshaw, representing AI Secretary General Salil Shetty, led an 8-man AI delegation that visited the PNP National Headquarters in Camp Crame today as part of the group’s itinerary in its Asian sortie.
During the visit, Crawshaw discussed general issues and concerns on human rights with PNP officials led by PDDGen Felipe Rojas, PNP Deputy Chief for Administration (DCA).
Rojas cited a report by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that showed a sharp decline in reported cases of torture and ill-treatment from a high of 53 cases in 2010 and 68 cases in 2011, down to only six (6) cases in 2013.
The CHR also reported a similar trend in cases of extra-legal killings from 89 cases in 2010 down to only 15 cases in 2013.
The CHR report is consistent with the AI assessment that in the last decade the Philippines has taken steps in addressing human rights concerns by establishing an excellent human rights treaty ratification record and robust human rights-based national laws
Because the legal infrastructure is already in place in the Philippines, proper implementation of the existing laws and policies against torture and improvements in the criminal justice and accountability systems will ultimately led to ending the use of torture in the country, the AI said.
Chief Superintendent Antonio Viernes, Chief of the PNP Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) said over the years, the PNP has steadily institutionalized stronger safeguards to ensure strict adherence to international human rights standards in all aspects of police operation and procedure.
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