Resources
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MAG Selfcare Handbook
[PDF Copy] The Medical Action Group published a handbook with instructional content targeting human rights defenders to urge them to practice self-care.
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“Life After Storm”
“Life After the Storm” is a documentary about the victims & survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines.
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The Sun Still Smiles
Two years, after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), the sun still smiles for the survivors.
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Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in the Philippines
With support from the International Rehabilitation Council for the Prevention of Torture (IRCT), MAG and Balay Rehabilitation Center have written a 2016 Country Report on the status of torture and right to rehabilitation in the Philippines.
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MAG Self-Care Handbook and Poster for Human Rights Defenders
The Medical Action Group published a handbook with instructional content targeting human rights defenders to urge them to practice self-care.
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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…
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UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concluding Observations on the combined 5th and 6th periodic reports of the Philippines
The Committee urges the State to stop and prevent extrajudicial killings and any form of violence against drug users; to promptly and thoroughly investigate all reported cases and punish the perpetrators with sanctions commensurate with the gravity of the crime; and to take all necessary measures to ensure that the fight against drug trafficking does not…
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UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) reviews report of the Philippines
The UN CESCR today concluded its consideration of the combined 5th and 6th periodic report of the Philippines on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights. “Another Expert was deeply concerned regarding human rights defenders, who were exposed to serious risks. Could the delegation comment why mandates who had asked…
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Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in the Philippines
Today June 26, IRCT members Balay Rehabilitation Center, Inc. and Medical Action Group (MAG) launch report on torture and right to rehabilitation in the Philippines – http://bit.ly/28ZuDna. It is high time that the Philippines government put action behind the pronouncements and adequately fund the national rehabilitation programme. End torture impunity and #SupportLifeAfterTorture
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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…
