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In Defense of the Right to Life: International Law and Death Penalty in the Philippines

A study by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines and Dr. Christopher Ward, SC, Australian Bar, Adjunct Professor, Australian National University

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Advisory on Public Opinion About Death Penalty - CHR (VI) A2023-001
Commission on Human Rights, February 13, 2023
Addendum to Human Rights Advisory - CHR A2019-006
Commission on Human Rights, November 25, 2019
The Commission on Human Rights’ Advisory on the Reimposition of the Death Penalty (2018)
Commission on Human Rights Facebook link | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.784575471659000/1468864779896729/, November 07, 2016

CHR Advisories

Human Rights Advisory on the Denunciation of and Withdrawal from International Treaties to Reimpose the Death Penalty - CHRA2017-002

July 12, 2017, Commission on Human Rights

The CHRP issues this advisory to guide the Philippines Government on its initiatives to reimpose capital punishment. The Commission takes this opportunity to emphatically reiterate that the Philippines is a State Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and its Second Optional Protocol. Having ratified the ICCPR and the Second Optional Protocol, under which the Philippines expressly undertook to abolish the death penalty, the Philippines must adhere to its commitment or invite unwelcome consequences in the long run. Considering that the Second Optional Protocol and its very nature does not allow for withdrawal, to denounce or withdraw from the treaty is not and should not be an option for the government.

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CHR Advisories index:
Advisory on Overseas Filipino Workers on Death Row - CHR (V) A2018-004
The Commission on Human Rights’ Advisory on the Reimposition of the Death Penalty (2018)

CHR Advisories

Advisory on Public Opinion About Death Penalty - CHR (VI) A2023-001
February 13, 2023, Commission on Human Rights
CHR Advisory on the Increased Vulnerability of Women Migrant Workers on Death Row
September 29, 2021,
Advisory on Deterrence and the Death Penalty - CHR (V) No. A2021-003
July 22, 2021, Commission on Human Rights
Advisory on the Effect of Reimposing the Death Penalty on the EU GSP+ Benefits to the Philippines - CHR (V) A2020-018
August 12, 2020, Commission on Human Rights
Advisory on the Validity of the Philippines’ Ratification of the Second Optional Protocol - CHR (V) A2020-017
July 09, 2020, Commission on Human Rights
Addendum to Human Rights Advisory - CHR A2019-006
November 25, 2019, Commission on Human Rights
Advisory on the Effect of the Reimposition of the Death Penalty on the Philippines Extradition Treaties - CHR A2019-007
November 08, 2019, Commission on Human Rights
Advisory on Providing Video-Link Evidence in Court Proceedings in the Philippines - CHR A2019-006
August 04, 2019, Commission on Human Rights
Advisory on Overseas Filipino Workers on Death Row - CHR (V) A2018-004
October 08, 2018, Commission on Human Rights
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