Rights group urges solons to reject bill lowering MACR from 15 to 12

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:07:02 +0000

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged lawmakers to reject a bill proposing to lower the age of criminal liability from 15 years old to 12.

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HRW: Gov’t may use children as ‘scapegoats’ in war against criminality

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:02:47 +0000

Lowering the age of criminal liability to nine years old could turn children into “scapegoats” of the administration in its war against criminality.

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CHR: Report on Philippines’ human rights crisis should be taken ‘constructively’

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 02:36:43 +0000

CHR: Report on Philippines' human rights crisis should be taken ‘constructively’

The 2018 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report saying human rights crisis intensified in the Philippines must be taken “constructively,” rights body said.

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Human rights crisis in Philippines intensified amid drug war – HRW

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:03:58 +0000

The human rights crisis in the Philippines has “deepened” in 2018 as the bloody war on drugs  continued under the Duterte administration, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Thursday.

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