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Monday, June 10, 2019, 2:18:54AM

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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CHR: ‘Death penalty inhuman, cruel, degrading, disadvantageous to poor’
Manila Bulletin | https://mb.com.ph/2022/11/01/chr-death-penalty-inhuman-crueldegrading-disadvantageous-to-poor/, November 01, 2022
Statement of CHR Commissioner Karen Gomez Dumpit on the Commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Commission on Human Rights | https://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-chr-commissioner-karen-gomez-dumpit-on-the-commemoration-of-the-15th-anniversary-of-the-abolition-of-the-death-penalty/, June 24, 2021
Statement of Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit on the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty
Commission on Human Rights | http://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-commissioner-karen-gomez-dumpit-on-the-united-nations-general-assembly-resolution-on-moratorium-on-the-use-of-the-death-penalty/, December 17, 2020
Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit delivered before the Committee on Justice House of Representatives
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.784575471659000/2909617312488128/, September 24, 2020
Message of Comm. Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit delivered before the Committee on Justice, House of Representatives
Comm. Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit Message | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.784575471659000/2912774812172378/, June 25, 2020
Statement of Commissioner Karen S. Gomez Dumpit on the 17th World Day against Death Penalty
Commission on Human Rights | http://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-commissioner-karen-s-gomez-dumpit-on-the-17th-world-day-against-death-penalty/, October 10, 2019
CHR OK Card: Locsin opposes death penalty, says it wont work
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.784575471659000/2213319572117909/, July 24, 2019
Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on remarks advocating the reintroduction of death penalty by rope
Commission on Human Rights | https://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-chr-spokesperson-atty-jacqueline-ann-de-guia-on-remarks-advocating-the-reintroduction-of-death-penalty-by-rope/, July 24, 2019
Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on proposals to restore death penalty in the country
Commission on Human Rights | http://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-chr-spokesperson-atty-jacqueline-ann-de-guia-on-proposals-to-restore-death-penalty-in-the-country/, June 28, 2019
Statement of CHR Commissioner Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit on the Possible Restoration of the Death Penalty
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/notes/commission-on-human-rights-of-the-philippines/statement-of-chr-commissioner-karen-gomez-dumpit-on-the-possible-restoration-of-/2101862306596, May 19, 2019
Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on Senator Manny Pacquiao’s remarks supporting death penalty through the Bible (2018)
Commission on Human Rights Statement link | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.892066110909935/1713839952065876/, August 09, 2018
CHR Reiterates Stance on Death Penalty at End Crime, Not Life Public Forum (2017)
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.784575471659000/1341041602679048/, August 17, 2017
CHR Remains Firm Against the Reimposition of the Death Penalty
Commission on Human Rights, March 07, 2017
Commission on Human Rights on the Death Penalty (2017)
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.784575471659000/1158481100935100/, February 07, 2017
Advisory on the Reimposition of the Death Penalty - CHR (V) A2016-002
Commission on Human Rights, November 07, 2016

, January 01, 1970

CHR Statements

Message of Comm. Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit delivered before the Committee on Justice, House of Representatives

June 25, 2020, Comm. Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit Message

Death penalty can breed more problems and do more harm without resolving what it purports to stop in the first place. The obligation to deliver justice must not breed further injustice.

 

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CHR Statements index:
Transcript of Comm. Karen Gomez-Dumpit Oral Arguments Committee on Justice, House of Representatives 05 August 2020
Statement of Commissioner Karen S. Gomez Dumpit on the 17th World Day against Death Penalty

CHR Statements

CHR: ‘Death penalty inhuman, cruel, degrading, disadvantageous to poor’
November 01, 2022, Manila Bulletin
National Human Rights Institutions in South East Asia - Appeal for Clemency for Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam
April 06, 2022, Commission on Human Rights
Statement of CHR Commissioner Karen Gomez Dumpit on the Commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Death Penalty
June 24, 2021, Commission on Human Rights
Statement of Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit on the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty
December 17, 2020, Commission on Human Rights
Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit delivered before the Committee on Justice House of Representatives
September 24, 2020, Commission on Human Rights
Transcript of Comm. Karen Gomez-Dumpit Oral Arguments Committee on Justice, House of Representatives 05 August 2020
August 05, 2020, Commission on Human Rights
Message of Comm. Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit delivered before the Committee on Justice, House of Representatives
June 25, 2020, Comm. Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit Message
Statement of Commissioner Karen S. Gomez Dumpit on the 17th World Day against Death Penalty
October 10, 2019, Commission on Human Rights
CHR OK Card: Locsin opposes death penalty, says it wont work
July 24, 2019, Commission on Human Rights
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