Red calendar days

  • Pinoy professor nominated to UN committee on prevention of torture

    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…

  • Medicines still beyond reach of many

    Drugs in the Philippines are more expensive than those in other parts of Asia and in countries of similar economic status. Brand names in the Philippines have been found to be 5 to 30 times more expensive than similar brand names of similar manufacturers in India and Pakistan. This is the strongest factor that impelled…

  • RR trade Organic Bazaar

    RR trade Organic Bazaar

  • Latest issue of TORTURE is out; read the editorial by Duarte Nuno Vieira

      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…

  • #RememberML@40!

    MEDIA ADVISORY April 20, 2012 #RememberML@40! Join us this Saturday (April 21, 2012) @ 7a.m. – 10a.m. U.P. Diliman – Sunken Garden PAHRA (Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates), families of Martial Law victims and other Human Rights Defenders will gather to Inform, Inspire and to Remember Martial Law 40 years after it was first declared on…

  • Medical Alert for a Strong Arms Trade Treaty

    December 9, 2011 Calling All Health Professionals! Help Pass a Global Arms Trade Treaty to Save Lives, Protect Health Hundreds of thousands of people are killed each year with firearms, with millions more maimed or traumatized. The cost of treating firearm injuries is a huge drain on health budgets and diverts monetary and human capital…

  • ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

    Rx for the Ailing Health Sector: PhilHealth reforms By the Medical Action Group IN MARCH 2011, Dr Shin Young-soo, the World Health Organization’s regional director for the Western Pacific expressed concern over “the continued absence of sufficient healthcare coverage in the country.” The WHO official noted that some 250,000 families “fall into financial hardships” because of the excessive…

  • JOB OPENING – PSYCHOLOGIST

    VACANT POSITION REQUIREMENTS RESPONSIBILITIES APPLICATION PROCESS Psychologist Essential qualifications: 1. Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology 2. Excellent interpersonal skills 3. Excellent communications skills both oral and written 4. Has the capacity to deal with various kinds of people 5. Has the ability to do multi-tasking. 6. Basic research knowledge and skills in writing. 7. Willing to…

  • Sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda

    “Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT)”Committee Report No.92 Senate Session Hall December 13, 2011 I have the honor to seek approval of Senate Resolution No. 664, entitled “Resolution Concurring in the Accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment” prepared and submitted by…

  • Asian Regional Conference on Enhancing Capacity of Rehabilitation Center and Civil Society in Access to Justice of Victims in Torture

    Introduction The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) invites nominations for participation and call for conference papers in the Asian Regional Conference on enhancing the capacity of rehabilitation centers and civil society in accessing justice for the victims of torture to be held in Manila, Philippines from 22-24 November 2011. The theme of the…