Search results for: “torture”

  • Webinar tackling the impacts of Anti-Terror Act 2020 on children

    Webinar tackling the impacts of Anti-Terror Act 2020 on children

    In celebration of the National Children’s Month 2020, the United Against Torture Coalition (UATC)-Philippines launched a webinar, Anti Terror Act of 2020 and Its Impacts on Children, that aims to raise awareness on what is Anti-Terror Act of 2020 and its effects on children. Watch the full webinar in this article, or through MAG Youtube…

  • ENSURING ACCESS TO HEALTH OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SETTINGS

    ENSURING ACCESS TO HEALTH OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SETTINGS

    The Medical Action Group facilitated a workshop titled, “Ensuring Access to Health of Victims of Human RIghts Violations in the Primary Healthcare Settings”, and was held December 3-4, 2018 in Manila City.  The purpose of the workshop was to develop guidelines on recognizing and identifying cases of human rights violations in all levels of care.…

  • Stakeholder report to the 3rd Cycle of the UN Human Rights Council‟s Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

    Stakeholder report to the 3rd Cycle of the UN Human Rights Council‟s Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

    Written by Balay Rehabilitation Centre and the Medical Action Group (MAG) with the technical support of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims     Funded by the European Union under the IRCT’s Data in the Fight against Impunity (DFI) Project. This report has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The Danish…

  • Address Illegal Drug Use through Health Interventions

    Address Illegal Drug Use through Health Interventions We, the members of the Medical Action Group (MAG), a health and human rights organization composed of medical doctors, health and allied medical professionals and workers, medical & health sciences students committed to the promotion and protection of the peoples’ right to health, welcome the government’s firm resolve to…

  • Fighting systemic impunity in the Philippines through rehabilitation and documentation

    Fighting systemic impunity in the Philippines through rehabilitation and documentation

    MAG, together with the IRCT, has been continuously working to fight impunity in the Philippines by strengthening civil society and health sector partnerships to implement the Anti-Torture Act and to provide rehabilitation and documentation services to victims.

  • Make Health a Priority: OPEN LETTER TO THE NEXT PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT

    OPEN LETTER TO THE NEXT PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT May 10, 2016 Make Health a Priority Now that the election is over and the Filipino people have already made a decision for a meaningful change, we, the Medical Action Group, a health and human rights non-governmental organization, call on everyone especially the new administration to make health…

  • UNCAT Philippines’ 57th Session Review

    Statement delivered by representative of the Medical Action Group (MAG) and the United Against Torture Coalition (UATC)- Philippines on the situation of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CIDT) in the Philippinesduring the NGO briefing, 26th April 2016,  for the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 57th session review of the Philippines…

  • SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON THE HEALTH SECTOR’S IMPLEMENTATION OF RA 9745

    ANNOUNCEMENT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON THE HEALTH SECTOR’S IMPLEMENTATION OF RA 9745 Theme: “Mainstreaming Human Rights in Public Health” A violation of one’s right demands for a remedy. Torture is one of the gravest forms of human rights violation. . It is a deliberate act of cruelty by inflicting severe physical and emotional sufferings against any…

  • IRCT welcomes UN resolution calling for protection of health workers around the world

    The IRCT welcomes a landmark resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly, calling on states to take immediate steps to ensure the protection of health workers across the world. The first of its kind to recognise the severity of attacks on health professionals, facilities, and patients in all circumstances, the resolution comes at a time…

  • Asserting the Filipino People’s Right to Health

    Asserting the Filipino People’s Right to Health

      International Human Rights Day Statement 10 December 2014 Asserting the Filipino People’s Right to Health After four years the Philippine healthcare system under the Aquino administration remains bleak if not getting worse. Health care inequalities, failed public health financing, the continuous exodus of health care professionals, weak health care response to disaster and the…