A Philippine Human Rights NGO providing Psychosocial Services and Rehabilitation to Internally Displaced Persons and Survivors of Torture and Organized Violence.
BALAY signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the implementation of the PagHILOM program convened by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office-Social Technology Bureau on July 4, 2007 in Davao Oriental.
Five (5) survivors of torture obtained medical treatment from Davao Oriental Provincial Hospital on June 27, 2017. Dr. Hermigilda B. Nartatez, Head of the Provincial Health Office affirmed partnership with BALAY Rehabilitation Center and Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD) under the Comprehensive Program for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and their Families (CPRTV) stipulated in the Republic Act 9745 or the Anti-Torture Act of 2009.
Balay Rehabilitation Center participated in the third general assembly of the Ex-Political Detainees Initiative (XD-Initiative) held in the Commission on Human Rights last July 8, 2017. The association is composed of torture survivors and former political detainees.
The United Against Torture Coalition together with Balay Rehabilitation Center has called on the current administration to put an end to the use of torture, impunity and all forms of state-sponsored violence. The coalition has also raised concern on the recent events happening in the Philippines such as the declaration of martial law in Mindanao during the annual Basta Run Against Torture event held last June 24.