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"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
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Comrade Torturer
- The Philippine Communist Party killed hundreds of its own cadres in a wave of paranoia that swept the rebel movement in the 1980s. This excerpt of the book "Suffer thy Comrades" by torture survivor Robert Francis Garcia provides an insight into what took place.
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International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
- The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) is an independent, international health professional organisation, which promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and works for the prevention of torture worldwide. Based in Denmark, the IRCT supports and collaborates with a global network of rehabilitation centres and programmes, represented in every region of the world. While recognising the special responsibility of the health professions in the rehabilitation and prevention of torture, the IRCT strongly advocates that the work against torture requires the efforts of all, at every level of society.
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Capital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
- UN Economic and Social Council, July 2005. This report covers the period 1999-2003 and reviews developments in the use of capital punishment worldwide, both in law and in practice. The report shows an encouraging trend towards abolition and restriction of the use of capital punishment in most countries. It also shows that much remains to be done in the implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of persons facing the death penalty in those countries that retain it.
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by UN General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984.
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Peace Advocates for Truth, Justice and Healing (PATH)
- PATH is a newly formed human rights group based in the Philippines organized around the so-called "anti-infiltration purges" undertaken by the CPP-NPA in the 1980s. We count among our network the survivors, families, and friends of victims of the internal purges, various peace and human rights NGOs in the Philippines, and other concerned individuals who believe that crimes against humanity committed by the armed left deserve as much attention as human rights violations by the State. We intend to undertake a series of activities that would bring clarity to the mysteries surrounding these purges, as well as provide support to direct and indirect victims towards giving proper closure and building a culture of peace. We hope to complement the rich and sustained human rights work in the Philippines and promote the notion of human rights universality by looking into atrocities that have been ignored for the most part and for a long time now.
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