A Philippine Human Rights NGO providing Psychosocial Services and Rehabilitation to Internally Displaced Persons and Survivors of Torture and Organized Violence.
A five-day seminar on Capacity Building of Implementers of PagHILOM was organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in close coordination with Balay Rehabilitation Center, Inc. last December 7-11, 2015 in Madison Garden Hotel, New Manila, Quezon City.
A multi-stakeholder forum on The Right to Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Their Affected Families was organized and launched by Balay Rehabilitation Center, Inc. in Marcian Garden Hotel, Zamboanga City last December 14-15, 2015. The purpose of said forum is to serve as an avenue for both the government and the private sector to come together and discuss R.A 9745, better known as the Anti-Torture Act of 2009; and brainstorm on the possible guidelines in creating a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program for Torture Victims and Their Families, and Those Who Committed Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPRTV), which is an integral requirement under R.A. 9745.
PRESS STATEMENT
JUSTICE FOR THE SLAIN LUMAD LEADERS; LET THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVE IN THEIR LANDS WITH JUSTICE AND PEACE
The Lumads in Southern Mindanao have long been victims of armed conflict in the Philippines. During the 1980s, state sponsored resettlement programs resulted to their displacement from their ancestral domains. Accompanying this are various human rights violations such as militarization and deprivation of their basic right to education and social services. Their stories are either ignored or left untold.
More than 100 jail medical officers and human rightsdesk officers of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) participated in a two-day seminar on torture monitoring, documentation and reporting on August 27-28, 2015. The activity was jointly organized by Balay and the Directorate for Inmates Welfare and Development (DIWD) of the BJMP as part of their commitment to prevent torture in places of detention. The participants came from more than 40 jails managed by BJMP in the National Capital Region (NCR). The seminar was held in the BJMP National Headquarters (NHQ) in Quezon City.