A Philippine Human Rights NGO providing Psychosocial Services and Rehabilitation to Internally Displaced Persons and Survivors of Torture and Organized Violence.

Anti-Torture Advocacy in the Philippines

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

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NGO Forum Report

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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Stakeholders Submission - the Philippines

Summary on Stakeholders Submission
the Philippines

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Social Justice for All

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

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Social Work Models

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

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Summary of EJK in the Philippines

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

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Torture and ill-treatment in the Philippines

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

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The Anti-Torture Law and the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program...

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

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R. A. 9851: A Breakthrough Law...

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

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R. A. 9745: Alamin ang Anti-Torture...

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.

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GRP - MILF Peace Process

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...

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Dialogos Vol. 1, Num. 3: Healing the Wounds of War

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

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Dialogos Vol. 1, Num. 2: Understanding Social Trauma...

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

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Dialogos Vol. 1, Num. 1: Human Rights as...

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...

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Praymer sa Sapilitang Pagklikas sa Loob ng Pilipinas

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...

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Primer on Internal Displacement in the Philipines (UNGPID)

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...

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Rebuilding Communities: Breakthrough in...

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.

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Mindanao Young People’s Summit for Peace...

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.

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In Search of Balms A Book forward to Healing

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.

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Agong Komiks

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...

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Buhay Riles: Karapatang Pantao ng mga Apektado...

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

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Diaspora

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

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Handbook on the BJMP Policy on Torture...

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.

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Primer on the IHL in the Philippine Content

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...

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Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation...

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

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Rebuilding Communities: Breakthrough in psychosocial work among internally displaced peoples in the Philippines

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rebuilding Published with the Assistance of KIOS-Finland.

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. February 2005. 5.5 x 8.75. 98 pages.

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