International Criticism
On September 28, 2007, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) described the new writs of amparo and habeas data as insufficient to resolve the problems of extra-legal killings and enforced disappearances in the Philippines. It argued that there must be a cooperative action on all parts of the government and civil society:
- Though it responds to practical areas it is still necessary that further action must be taken in addition to this. The legislative bodies, House of Representatives and Senate, should also initiate its own actions promptly and without delay. They must enact laws which ensure protection of rights—laws against torture and enforced disappearance and laws to afford adequate legal remedies to victims.
The AHRC objected that the writs fail to protect non-witnesses, even if they too face threats or risk to their lives.
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