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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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19th World Day Against the Death Penalty – Women and the death penalty, an invisible reality
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty | https://worldcoalition.org/campagne/19th-world-day-against-the-death-penalty/, July 16, 2021
Death in the Time of Covid-19: Efforts to Restore the Death Penalty in the Philippines
Science Direct | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666353821000114, May 13, 2021
Statement of Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit on the Passage of House Bill No. 7814, providing for the ‘Presumption of Guilt’ and Reintroduction of the Death Penalty as amendments to the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
CHR | http://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-commissioner-karen-gomez-dumpit-on-the-passage-of-house-bill-no-7814-providing-for-the-presumption-of-guilt-and-reintroduction-of-the-death-penalty-as-amendments-t, March 03, 2021
Eleos Justice Conversation Series
Monash University | https://www.monash.edu/law/news/articles/current/eleos-justice-conversation-series, December 07, 2020
Pope Francis: HR Quote on Death Penalty 2019
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.784575471659000/1763630930420111/, October 06, 2020
Pakinggan ang naging pahayag ni CHR Commissioner, Karen Gomez-Dumpit
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=645332339429820, October 06, 2020
Bitay, Bitay... Bakit ka binubuhay?
CHRP | https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1132814823768255&ref=watch_permalink, October 06, 2020
Press Briefing on the 16th World Day Against Death Penalty 2018
Commission On Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.784575471659000/2266489840134215/, October 06, 2020
NO TO DEATH PENALTY
NO TO DEATH PENALTY CHR Facebook Frame | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/posts/3056122614504263, August 17, 2020
LAIKO SHEMA Death Penalty Webinar
Sangguniang Laiko | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX3sEs1QYqA&feature=emb_title, August 06, 2020
Regional lawmakers urge Philippine MPs to oppose re-introduction of the death penalty
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights | https://aseanmp.org/2020/08/05/lawmakers-urge-death-penalty-rejection/, August 05, 2020
University Against Death Penalty Caravan
CHR, UP-DEPP, ASPAP, UST, ADDU, LNU, HAU, August 03, 2020
FAST FACTS ON DEATH PENALTY
CHRP FAST FACTS ON DEATH PENALTY | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/posts/2998005430315982?_rdc=1&_rdr, July 27, 2020
Human trafficking and the proposed reintroduction of the death penalty
International Bar Association | https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=1f1659da-6fad-4296-9614-38d4cf90d2b6, July 20, 2020
Presentation: World Day Against the Death Penalty 2019
Monash University | https://monash-panopto.aarnet.edu.au/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6d6809ae-7c79-48f4-aee3-aae2005f5ca9, October 10, 2019
Evidence-based arguments against the death penalty for drug offences Advocacy material (focus on the Philippines)
Harm Reduction International | https://www.righttolifeph.online/uploads/cms_uploads/hri-july-2019-arguments-agianst-the-death-penalty-in-the-philippines.pdf, October 01, 2019
Celebratory Event Card: 16th World Day Against Death Penalty (2018)
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/chrgovph/photos/a.784575471659000/1792564277526776/, October 10, 2018
University Against Death Penalty CLTV 36: The Central Luzon-Youth Forum
CLTV 36, News & Current Affairs-Specials, Central Luzon, August 03, 2018
Support Video of Mr Rafendi Djamin on Anti-Death Penaltry
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1470630143053526, January 15, 2018
Is the death penalty the answer?
John J. Caroll Institute on Church and Social Issues | https://www.jjcicsi.org.ph/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IQF-Vol-IV-No-1-Death-Penalty.pdf, May 10, 2017
VIDEO: Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit on the death penalty (2017)
Commission on Human Rights | https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1247158425400700, May 08, 2017

Resources

CHR (VI) NO. POL2023-018 - ANTI-DEATH PENALTY POLICY BRIEFS

November 08, 2023,

In relation to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP) project entitled "Securing the abolition of the death penalty in Africa and in countries at risk based on the experience of four countries: Niger, Uganda, Philippines and Taiwan", the following six (6) anti-death penalty policy briefs were developed as educational toolkits aimed at providing arguments against the reintroduction of the death penalty in the Philippines:

1. Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty;

2. The Philippines' Obligations under International Law;

3. Wide-Ranging Harms of the 'War on Drugs' in the Philippines;

4. History of the Death Penalty in the Philippines;

5. Death Penalty and its (Assumed) Deterrent Effects; and

6. Preventing Reintroduction: The Anti-Death Penalty Network

 

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Resources index:

Dignity of All: Resources of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines Against the Death Penalty

Resources

CHR (VI) NO. POL2023-018 - ANTI-DEATH PENALTY POLICY BRIEFS
November 08, 2023,
Dignity of All: Resources of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines Against the Death Penalty
October 10, 2021,
"Women Can: Courage and Leadership in a Covid-19 World" WOMEN’S MONTH VIDEO 2021
September 29, 2021,
The Impact of Death Penalty on PH Economy
September 29, 2021,
19th World Day Against the Death Penalty – Women and the death penalty, an invisible reality
July 16, 2021, The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
The Impact of Death Penalty on PH Economy
June 28, 2021,
Death in the Time of Covid-19: Efforts to Restore the Death Penalty in the Philippines
May 13, 2021, Science Direct
Statement of Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit on the Passage of House Bill No. 7814, providing for the ‘Presumption of Guilt’ and Reintroduction of the Death Penalty as amendments to the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
March 03, 2021, CHR
Eleos Justice Conversation Series
December 07, 2020, Monash University
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