Events
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“Respect, protect, and promote human rights, end the assault against human rights defenders, and give more attention to responding to the need for basic social services instead of the flagship WOD program of the government” – Call during the 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) of the current Philippine Administration
MAG has joined the mobilization with other progressive groups and organizations in Metro Manila on July 2019 to campaign for the promotion and observance of human rights in all of the government policies and programs, and asserting Philippine sovereignty. This is still a response to the rampant and continuous disrespect of the government to human…
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Black Friday Protests on the UNHCR ruling on EJKs in the Philippines
MAG has participated in the organized Metro Manila mobilizations every week (during Fridays, for 6 weeks of July to August 2019), of the PAHRA-IDEFEND in which each week has an assigned theme that relates to the positive support given by the UNHCR by releasing a ruling that requests an investigation on the EJKs happening in…
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A TRAINING ON FORENSIC INVESTIGATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
The Medical Action Group (MAG) hosted a training offering the necessary knowledge and skills for health and legal professionals as well as civil society organizations on the subjects of forensic investigation and medico-legal procedures and protocols. The training, titled “Training on Forensic Investigation for Human Rights Violations”, was held on January 15-16, 2019. This training…
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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.…
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DEVELOPING THE FORENSIC CAPACITY OF CIVIL SOCIETY FOR JUSTICE
Civil society organizations have been trained to effectively document human rights violations and to contribute in gathering evidence for objective investigation. This increased their understanding on their roles and contribution to strengthen the enforcement of rule of law. The training was conducted in Quezon City, Pampanga, and Cebu City.The training started with Dr. Raquel Fortun,…
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PHYSICIANS’ TRAINING ON MEDICO-LEGAL DOCUMENTATION
In an effort to promote accountability for human rights violations, the Medical Action Group (MAG) conducted a two-day capacity building to medical doctors to strengthen their documentation and investigation practices. The training entitled, “UNCOVERING THE BODY OF EVIDENCE: A Physicians’ Training for Medico Legal Documentation”, was held on October 4-5, 2018. Training participants are mainly…
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HEAL NOT HARM | Denial of care is torture – former Health secretary
As part of its continuous advocacy on torture prevention, MAG launches a three-year project, “Heal not Harm: Preventing Torture in the Philippine Health Care Setting”, which aims to disseminate information, document, and identify areas of torture and illegal detention in the Philippine health care setting.
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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.
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MAG and support groups paid courtesy call on the EU Delegation to the Philippines
European Union (EU) Delegation to the Philippines’ First Secretary Jerome Riviere (fourth from left, standing) and Mr. Margarito Raynera, Jr., Programme Officer (first from right, standing), meets with members of the Medical Action Group (MAG), Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), Veronica Cabe (seated, center) of Coal Free Bataan Movement (CFBM) and, relatives…
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“Change for the Planet – Care for the People”
DKA Austria #Orthman Superhero (video) campaign ÖRTHMAN on COP21 in Paris. It is part of the international campaign “Change for the Planet – Care for the People” of the international alliance of Catholic development agencies CIDSE: http://www.cidse.org/rethinking-development/change-for-the-planet-care-for-the-people.html The story: We have invented an Austrian super hero: ÖRTHMAN (Earthman – the spelling follows the German pronunciation; “Ö”…
