Dear Members of the SOS-Torture Network, We allow ourselves to contact you for your support and participation in the upcoming 10th of December, the Human Rights Day. As part of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) global campaign that many of you have already endorsed ‘Nothing can justify torture’ we are launching 10 days of activism against torture and ill-treatment. Each day, from the 1st of December to the 10th of December, we
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19-11-2012 The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) welcomes the adoption of the UN Committee Against Torture’s General Comment on Article 14 of the Convention Against Torture. This is an important step forward in ensuring that torture victims receive adequate redress and reparations including rehabilitation services. Miriam Reventlow, Head of Legal and Advocacy for the IRCT, says, “For too long, States have ignored their obligation to provide rehabilitation services
Press release November 15, 2012 Impunity and insufficient evidence in torture cases against alleged perpetrators are still among the serious impediments to the prevention of torture. Consequently, few complaints are brought forward and few actual prosecutions are made. To help fight torture, the Medical Action Group (MAG), with support from the British Embassy Manila signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Philippine National
By Rio Rose Ribaya | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom A Filipino doctor is among the 12 new members of a committee in the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland, a local group disclosed on Friday. Dr. June Pagaduan Lopez, founder of Medical Action Group (MAG), was elected as a member of UN Anti-Torture Committee’s Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT). In a statement,
ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 10/26/2012 4:39 PM | Updated as of 10/26/2012 11:38 PM MANILA, Philippines – A Filipino doctor was elected to serve as one of the 12 new members of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) for a term of four years. Dr. June Pagaduan-Lopez was elected Thursday at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland. As
By: InterAksyon.comOctober 26, 2012 3:01 PM A Filipina doctor from the University of the Philippines has been elected to be one of twelve new members of an international body that checks jail conditions of detainees in more than 60 countries. Dr. June Pagaduan Lopez, a professor at the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines-Manila, was selected to be part of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of
August 15, 2012 A Filipino professor has been nominated to the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment for 2012 to 2016. In a letter dated August 10, 2012, the Department of Foreign Affairs-Philippine Mission to the United Nations said it is honored to submit, through the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the candidature of Ms. June Caridad Pagaduan
06-07-2012 In 1948, humanity marked an important milestone with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One of its 30 articles (Article 5) stipulates that no one shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Since then, there have been a number of other international regulations that have reinforced the legal obligation of states to prevent, prohibit, criminalize and investigate
Noting that prohibition of torture had been highlighted in the United Nations’ review of the Philippine human rights report, a group over the weekend called on the government to adopt the UN call to end all forms of inhuman acts in the country. “The Philippine government must adopt the UN Human Rights Council’s recommendation to prohibit torture as this and a number of human rights violations were being highlighted in
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Human rights groups are calling on the government to adopt the recommendation of the United Nations Human Rights Council on absolute prohibition of torture during its universal periodic review held last week in Geneva. “A number of human rights violations, including against the freedom from torture was highlighted during the session, especially with respect to ensuring that victims of torture and ill-treatment had effective access to a