Anti-Torture Advocacy in the Philippines: Building Partnerships and alliances through transformative engagement

This report aims to capture discussions from the 2016 EU-NGO Human Rights Forum which gathers over 50 NGOs operating at the EU level

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Linking human rights, development and violence in the city: contributing to safer cities
By the Global Alliance

In this paper, which is a collaborative project between Balay and Dignity, we focus on the importance of social work in human rights projects.

The Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) was established in 1986 as the first human rights institution engaged in the promotion and protection...

This report has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The Danish Institute against Torture (DIGNITY) also provided...

The application of excessive and inappropriate use of force by authorities to enforce the law, extract information, and mete out punishment...

Republic Act Number 9851, the new "Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity" signed into law on 11 December 2009

Ang tortyur ay masakit, ito ay nag-iiwan ng marka ng sugat sa katawan at kalooban. Maaring isa sa mga kakilala mo, o kamaganak mo ay dumaranas nito. Kailangan na itong mapigilan.

The armed conflict in the Philippines has been around for more than four decades. Among those hardest hit are the thousands of villages in Mindanao where fighting...

The third issue publishes selected lectures which were presented in an exclusive forum organized by Balay Rehabilitation Center and the Research and Rehabilitation Center...

The second issue on Understanding Social Trauma and Community-Based Psychosocial Development Response is basically a review of related literature that provides the background...

The first issue introduces the Dialogos as the newest publication of Balay that deals on psychosocial praxis, peace and human rights. It is an occasional publication...

Ang Pagkasira ng buhay ng mga tao, pamilya at komunidad sanhi ng armadong labanan at marahas na pagpapatupad ng mga proyektong pangkaunlaran ay lumilikha ng sugat sa isipan...

The purpose of this primer is to draw attention to the IDP’s in the country not as a “collateral damage” in an armed conflict that is being waged in their name but...

A chronicle of experiences of Balay and what it learned along the way in the service of traumatized survivors of organized political violence and forcible displacement.

The Young People Summit was a gathering of peace of the youth representing the different youth organizations of Mindanao. This book is a by product of the summit.

The book contains stories of survivors of torture and detention. This book is a humble attempt to capture in language and its symbols the survivor’s continuing effort to heal.

Ang Agong Komiks ay inihahandog ng Balay Rehabilitation Center sa mga Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) na mas kilala sa tawag na "bakwit". Ang babasahing ito ay para rin...

This primer in Filipino presents basic information on the Philippine National Railway Development Project and tackles the issues of the impending dislocation of families...

Republic Act Number 9851, the new "Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity" signed into law on 11 December 2009

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) handbook aspires to facilitate a process towards a greater appreciation for the eradication of torture and its moral and legal foundations.

The Primer on the IHL in the Philippine Content new edition has been expanded to include a section on Republic Act No. 9851, the "Philippine Act...

Since the enactment of the Anti-Torture Act (Republic Act No. 9745) in 2009, the Philippine government has taken significant steps towards...