Research Documents
Mining Policy Brief – Ateneo School of Government
December 8, 2011 · By Ateneo School of Government
Attached is a an e-copy of Ateneo School of Government’s (ASoG) mining policy brief which was the subject of Chamber of Mines’ paid (rant) ad in the Nov. 21 issue of Phil Daily Inquirer. Please check under this thread, related statement and opinion/column clips. The following are the 10 key questions related to mining and [...]
Read More...A Primer on the PeoPle’s mining Bill
November 2, 2011 · By The Center for Environmental Concerns - Philippines
The bill proposes a moratorium on all mining activities under all systems are in place for the Act’s proper implementation and deems cancelled all existing mining permits, licenses, and agreements.
Read More...People’s Mining Bill
November 1, 2011 ·
The Mining Industry & Global Ecological Devastation and the Peoples Mining Bill
Read More...STILL BEHIND BARS: Child incarceration and juvenile justice policy in the Philippines
July 31, 2010 · By Jessica Knowles
A report on the implementation of the 2006 Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Read More...The People of the Philippines
January 19, 2010 ·
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/philippines/pro-people.htm AsianInfo.org – Personal experiences, opinions, articles, or any information related to Asia. The Filipino is basically of Malay stock with a sprinkling of Chinese, American, Spanish, and Arab blood. The Philippines has a population of 76.5 million as of May 2000, and it is hard to distinguish accurately the lines between stocks. From a [...]
Read More...R.A. No. 9851 – breakthrough law for IHL enforcement in the Philippines
January 8, 2010 · By Atty. Soliman M. Santos, Jr., CSI-IHL
Co-Founder/Convenor, Civil Society Initiatives for International Humanitarian Law (CSI-IHL) Quezon City, Philippines, 8 January 2010 Republic Act No. 9851, the new “Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity” signed into law on 11 December 2009, is a breakthrough law for the enforcement of international humanitarian law (IHL) as [...]
Read More...Child Pornography on the Internet
October 9, 2009 · By ROGER DARLINGTON
Contents: -What Is The Problem? -What Difference Does The Net Make? -What Is The Law In The UK? -What Is The Law In The USA? -What Kind Of Cases Have Come To Court? -What Can Be Done? -Further Reading WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? The Internet is overwhelmingly a power for good. It provides cheap and [...]
Read More...Tourist arrivals up 4 percent in August
September 13, 2009 · By Francis Earl A. Cueto
Tourist arrivals to the Philippines increased by 4 percent in August compared to the same amount last year, Tourist Secretary Ace Durano said. Quoting data provided him by Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan, Durano said the country’s aggressive marketing approach had paid dividends in marketing the Philippines as a world-class tourist destination. The tourism secretary said [...]
Read More...US REPORT: RP has high child labor incidence
September 12, 2009 · By By Kristine L. Alave, Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines?The Philippines is one of the countries with a significant incidence of child labor in the agricultural sector, according to a report from the US Department of Labor. The report lists the goods produced using child and forced labor in the 77 countries studied. According to the department Bureau of International Labor Affairs, the [...]
Read More...Themes of Catholic Social Teaching
August 28, 2009 ·
The Church’s social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society. Modern Catholic social teaching has been articulated through a tradition of papal, conciliar, and episcopal documents. The depth and richness of this tradition can be understood best through a [...]
Read More...The Anti-Torture Law: a good advance but misses out on non-state torture
August 25, 2009 · By Robert Francis B. Garcia, Soliman M. Santos, Jr.
“Torture is torture, whoever does it. The same is true of terrorism.” – C. Douglas Lumis, Terror and the Terrorist (Penang: Multiversity & Citizens International, 2008) The Philippines finally has an Anti-Torture Law, one which legally defines and penalizes torture, as well as provides remedies and redress for its victims. This is definitely a most [...]
Read More...The Use of Torture in the Philippines
August 20, 2009 · , http://www.opcatph.org/
What is Torture? The term “torture” means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected [...]
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