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SECTORS
sectors found to be the most vulnerable:
Women *
Children
Indigenous Cultural Minorities *
Muslim Population *
Elderly
Disabled People
sectors found to be the most vulnerable:
Prisoners & Detainees
Internally Displaced Persons *
Migrant workers
Urban Poor *
Household Helpers
Stateless Persons
Protection Rights - Arts. 4, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41.
Doctrines on Childrens Rights: Philippine
Constitution and Child and Youth Welfare:
(1) Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict as well as members of
militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces.
(2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including
those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a party to the conflict and
operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied,
provided that they fulfill the following conditions:
(a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
(b) that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;
(c) that of carrying arms openly;
(d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of
war.
(3) Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a government or an
authority not recognized by the Detaining Power.
Prisoners' Rights:
Freedom from Cruel and Unusual Punishments
Freedom from Sexual Harassment or Sex Crimes
Right to Complain About Prison Conditions and Access
to the Courts
Reasonable Treatment for Disabled Prisoners
Entitled to Medical and Mental Health Care
Entitled to First Amendment Rights
Freedom from Discrimination
Breaches Of Prisoners' Rights In
International Law:
1. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba The American government
claimed that the detention facility in Guantanamo was not
covered by the Geneva Conventions protecting prisoners
of war, as the detainees were enemy combatants. It is
now clear that the CIA allowed water boarding in the
facility.
2. Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan US soldiers are accused
of abusing prisoners in a secret prison there. The
prisoners held there were exposed to extreme
temperatures, not given adequate food, bedding, or
natural light and religious duties were interfered with.
Breaches Of Prisoners' Rights In
International Law:
3. Shebarghan Prison, Northern Afghanistan The prison is
claimed to be overcrowded with inadequate bathing and
ablution facilities, as well as lack of food and medical care.
4. Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq (2003) US soldiers serving there
were accused of beating prisoners, forcing prisoners to strip,
forcing prisoners to masturbate, threatening prisoners with
dogs, smearing prisoners with feces, making prisoners
simulate sex and form naked piles. There was also
accusations that prisoners were raped, sodomised and
beaten to death.
History of Prisons/Jails in the Philippines:
Bureau of Prisons created under Reorganization Act
1905 under Department of Commerce and Police.
Eventually placed under the supervision of the
Department of Justice.
Bureau of Prisons was renamed to Bureau of
Corrections thru Proclamation No. 495 and
Administrative Code of 1987.
History of Prisons/Jails in the Philippines:
The oldest penal facility , founded in 1832, is situated in
Zamboanga City, the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm
Davao Penal Colony was established on January 21, 1932
with the issuance of a Presidential Proclamation 414
Iwahig Penal Colony is the biggest penal facility in the
country at 40,000 hectares comprising mostly of undulating
vegetation and pure jungle
Correctional Institution for Women was founded on
November 27, 1929 by virtue of Act No. 3579 as the first
and only prison for women in the Philippines
History of Prisons/Jails in the Philippines:
Correctional Institution for Women in Mindanao was
established on September 18, 2007, by virtue of a
Department of Justice Order within the sprawling prison
reservation of Davao Penal Colony in Eastern Mindanao
Leyte Regional Prison is a Martial Law baby, established on
January 167, 1973 by virtue of Presidential Proclamation
No. 1101 and its operation through the issuance of a
Presidential Decree 29
Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm, located in Sablay,
Occidental Mindoro was established on September 26, 1954
by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 72. Sometime in
the early 90s, a portion of said penal farm has been
distributed to the victims
Condition of Philippine Prisons and Jails:
1. Extreme overcrowding
(2001) 35,000 inmates in jails supervised by the
Bureau of Jail and Management Penology (BJMP),
(2007) 69,500 inmates
Metro Manila jails alone account for 22,000
inmates
Projected total jail population in BJMP-supervised
jails could reach 89,000 in 2008, 101,250 in 2009
and 114,930 in 2010
Condition of Philippine Prisons and Jails:
2. Dirty tap water
3. Dingy toilets
4. Substandard Meals
5. Gang wars
6. Poorly trained guards and prison administrators
7. Favoritism
Life inside the Philippines' most
overcrowded jail:
The Quezon City Jail was built in 1953, originally to house
800 people, according to the Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology standards. The United Nations says it should
house no more than 278. Currently, it has more than 4, 000
inmates.
There are only 20 guards assigned to the mass of
incarcerated men.
Inmates are woken at 5 a.m. before undergoing a head
count.
The inmates spend the days sitting, squatting and standing
in the unrelenting, suffocating Manila heat.
Secret Jails: Inhuman and Degrading
Prison Conditions
Detainees crouch on the floor inside a secret jail after
being discovered by the Commission on Human Rights at
Police Station 1 at Tondo district in Manila, Philippines on
April 27, 2017.
MIGRANT WORKERS SECTOR
A "migrant worker" is a person who either migrates
within their home country or outside of it in order to
pursue work such as seasonal work. Migrant workers do
usually not intend to stay permanently in the country or
region they work in.
Migrant Workers in the International
Scene:
Farm workers and their families are often the forgotten
face of the agricultural industry. Two to four million
women, men, and children are exposed to harsh and
grueling conditions every day for minimal wages. Along
with undesirable working conditions, migrant workers
also face economic, health, and living hardships that
bring adverse effects to their lives. These migrant
workers are an integral piece of America's past that have
shaped the current agricultural business in the United
States.
History of Philippine Labor Migration
Policies:
1521 Filipino natives manned ships in the Manila
Acapulco Galleon trade.
Filipinos worked in the dockyards and aboard ships
traveling as far as Mexico
To escape maltreatment by the Spaniard shipmasters,
many of those Filipino workers resorted to "jumping ship",
settling in state ports like Acapulco, Mexico and Louisiana,
USA.
They were the first generation of Filipino labor migrants.
3 "waves" of labor migration occurred (in the 1900-1940s,
the 1940s-1970s, and the 1970s-1990s).
The Philippines is one of the worlds largest labor exporting
country.
International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families: