COMMITTEE INFORMATION
15th Congress of the Philippines

HUMAN RIGHTS »
JURISDICTION: All matters directly and principally relating to the protection and enhancement of human rights, assistance to victims of human rights violations and their families, the prevention of violations of human rights and the punishment of perpetrators of such violations.
MEMBERSHIP: 35 Members
SCHEDULE OF MEETINGSPage: 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
TUESDAY, 11-OCTOBER-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Executive Meeting on:
HBs 55, 471, 1141 & 2974 – Strengthening the Commission on Human Rights (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Kaka Bag-ao, Karlo Alexei Nograles and Salvador Escudero III)
HR 1035 – Urging President Benigno S. Aquino III to immediately issue an Executive Order (EO) ordering the faithful preservation and systematic archival of all military and police records pertaining to victims of human rights violations during the Martial Law period and opening such records to public access and scrutiny (Rep. Rene Relampagos)
Privilege Speech – On the torture he experienced during the Martial Law regime (Rep. Neri Colmenares)
HR 77 – Calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the Morong 43 health workers, especially the two pregnant detainees, who have been illegally arrested and detained since February 6, 2010 and have been subjected to various forms of torture in violation of RA 9745 or the Anti-Torture Act of 2009 (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
HR 703 – Inquiry into the current condition of the Morong 43 health workers who are detained at Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig in relation to the compliance of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology with RA 9851 and RA 9745 (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
Privilege Speech – On the case of the Morong 43 health workers, the illegal arrest of community health worker, Judilyn Oliveros, along with 43 other health professionals (Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan)
Privilege Speech – On the case of the Morong 43 health workers, the illegal arrest and detention of two doctors, a nurse and health workers by the 202nd Brigade of the Philippine Army while on a health seminar in Morong, Rizal (Rep. Neri Colmenares)
HR 256 – Expressing the strong condemnation over the flagrant and sadistic act of torture apparently perpetrated by the Police Chief of a precinct in Asuncion, Tondo, Manila on a crime suspect as exposed in a video surfaced by ABS-CBN Television Network on August 17, 2010 (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
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