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The Philippines Scared Silent Impunity for Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines This 84-page report, based on more than 100 interviews, details the involvement of government security forces in the murder or “disappearance” of members of leftist political parties and nongovernmental organizations, journalists, outspoken clergy, anti-mining activists, and agricultural reform activists. To date there have been no successful prosecutions of any member of the armed forces implicated in recent extrajudicial killings. HRW Index No.: C1909 June 28, 2007 Download PDF, 1 KB, 86 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Swept Under the Rug Abuses against Domestic Workers Around the World
HRW Index No.: C1807 July 26, 2006 Download PDF, 470 KB, 95 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Unprotected Sex, Condoms and the Human Right to Health In this 70-page report, Human Rights Watch says that the Philippine government bans the use of national funds for condom supplies. Some local authorities, such as the mayor of Manila City, prohibit the distribution of condoms in government health facilities. School-based HIV/AIDS educators told Human Rights Watch that schools often prohibited them from discussing condoms with students. HRW Index No.: C1606 May 5, 2004 Download PDF, 852 KB, 70 pgs Purchase online Empty Promises Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard Against Torture Individuals suspected of terrorism should never be returned to a country where they risk torture and ill-treatment. Promises of fair treatment by states with well-known records of torture are inherently unreliable, and governments that justify returns through such promises, known as “diplomatic assurances,” are violating the absolute prohibition against torture and eroding a fundamental principle of international law. The death penalty, however reprehensible, is legal and usually carried out publicly. But torture is illegal and practiced in secret. Governments routinely lie about whether they’re torturing people or not, and in some situations they may not even have adequate control to guarantee security. This 39-page report documents cases where governments returned or considered returning suspects on the basis of such formal guarantees, and raises concern that in some cases, those returned were, in fact, tortured or ill-treated. HRW Index No.: D1604 April 15, 2004 Download PDF, 360 KB, 39 pgs Purchase online The Philippines: Child Soldier Use 2003 A Briefing for the 4th UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict The Philippines government ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC-OP-CAC) on 26 August 2003. There were no indications of Philippine armed forces formally recruiting soldiers below the age of 18, although there have been reports of government-backed paramilitary groups recruiting children for military training. Children, including possible child soldiers, have been killed during military operations to crush opposition forces, particularly members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). January 16, 2004 Philippines: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Children have been used as soldiers by armed opposition groups, some as young as 13. There are no indications of under-18s in government armed forces, although under-18s have been reported in government-aligned paramilitaries and are admitted to military schools. There is strong legislation protecting children from military recruitment. June 12, 2001 The Philippines: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Key developments since March 1999: The Philippines deposited its instrument of ratification on 15 February 2000. Increased hostilities in 2000 have included the use of antipersonnel mines or improvised explosive devices by three rebel groups: Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Abu Sayyaf, and New People's Army. August 1, 2000 Human Rights and Forest Management in the 1990s This report documents a pattern of human rights abuse in the 1990s on government-administered forest lands in the Philippines. It examines areas where military operations, the collusion of private interests and government officials, or a combination of the two have led to broad and overlapping categories of human rights violations, including those associated with disputes over indigenous or ancestral land, those associated with challenges to illegal logging, and those related to counterinsurgency operations. April 1, 1996 Bad Blood: Militia Abuses in Mindanao This report, based on a five-week visit to Mindanao in January and February 1992, provides fresh evidence that the military has failed to control its militia, the Citizen Armed Force — Geographical Units (CAFGU). Asia Watch confirms those concerns expressed in earlier reports that the military has contravened its own guidelines in recruiting members with records of criminal or abusive behavior and in permitting militia to engage in arrests, interrogations and active combat. Bad Blood implicates the CAFGU in dozens of killings, and in cases of beatings, arbitrary arrest and harassment of poor tribes people and peasants in the rural provinces of Bukidnon, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur. Abuses continue not only in areas of military conflict, but also in areas where the insurgency no longer poses a threat. Moreover, findings suggest that many more abuses may be occurring than have been reported, in areas most remote from the public eye. HRW Index No.: ISBN 1-56432-060-X April 1, 1992
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