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PHILIPPINES: Legal critique of Abadilla Five and Vizconde cases released

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Press Release : (Hong Kong, December 20, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is publishing today a 24-page legal critique of two controversial decisions issued by the Supreme Court (SC), the People v. Lumanog and the Lejano v. People, in comparison to judicial decisions in common law countries. Read More...

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PHILIPPINES: Comparative legal critique of Abadilla Five & Vizconde cases to judicial decisions in common law countries

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Paper : In 2010, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Philippines concluded two controversial cases, People v. Lumanog and Lejano v. People after over a decade of court proceedings. These decisions raised questions on how Constitutional rights are protected with regard to arbitrary detention, self incrimination, right to counsel and exclusion of evidence, under the 1987 Constitution and Statutory laws. The SC decisions give rise to questions of legal certainty, consistency and fairness in administration of justice. Read More...

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Torture in the Philippines

Unthinkable delays in investigating and filing charges in court on complaints, for example the case of the Abadilla Five, detainees who had been illegally arrested, tortured to confess responsibility to the murder of an influential police colonel, Rolando Abadilla, who was murdered in 13 June 1996, remains to have not been filed in court. Their complaints have not been resolved and filed in court, despite a by the Office of the Ombudsman for the Military and Other Law Enforcement Offices (MOLEO) despite 13 years have passed.

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