Human rights violations still exist here -- group.
Despite the decreasing number of extrajudicial killings in the country, human rights group Karapatan said yesterday that other forms of human rights violations still exist. In the group's 32-page annual human rights report released in Quezon City, Karapatan secretary general Marie Hilao Enriquez said that from January...

Anthonissen, Christine and Jan Blommaert. (Eds.). Discourse and Human Rights Violations.
Anthonissen, Christine and Jan Blommaert. (Eds.). Discourse and Human Rights Violations. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2007, Pp. 143. ISBN: 978 90 272 2235 0 (hbk.) $96.00, 80.00 [euro]. The book is a good example or case study for discourse analysis wherein scholars analyze language to establish...

Already reeling from "increasing numbers of abductions, extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations," Philippine Protestant and Catholic church leaders have condemned new antiterror legislation.
Already reeling from "increasing numbers of abductions, extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations," Philippine Protestant and Catholic church leaders have condemned new antiterror legislation. The Human Security Act, which took effect July 15, is "a travesty against God's will for human freedom," the general secretary of the National...

Discourse and human rights violations.
9789027222350 Discourse and human rights violations. Ed. by Christine Anthonissen and Jan Blommaert. John Benjamins Publishing Co. 2007 142 pages $96.00 Hardcover Benjamins curren topics; v.5 DT1974 Focusing primarily...

Tort au canadien: a proposal for Canadian tort legislation on gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.
ABSTRACT Despite Canada's strong rhetoric on the protection of human rights, Canada lacks a meaningful tort scheme for gross human rights violations akin to that of the United States. This Article argues that legislation to facilitate tort suits for gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian...

Beltran: Anti-terror bill to spawn human rights violations.
Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran yesterday echoed the warning of a church- based group that there would be more human rights violations if Congress pushes for the passage of the anti-terrorism bill. Beltran sounded the alarm raised by a high-level delegation from the United Methodist Church investigating the...

Challenging U.S. human rights violations since 9/11.
JC599 2004-027189 1-59102-279-7 Challenging U.S. human rights violations since 9/11. Title main entry. Ed. by Ann Fagan Ginger. Prometheus Books, [c]2005 574 p. $24.00 (pa) While violations of US law and international treaties...

Cebu lawyers form group to assist victims of human rights violations.
CEBU CITY-- Twenty-one lawyers, nine law students, and eight paralegals organized themselves to form what they called the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL). The NUPL members said their mission is to actively defend, protect, and promote human rights. The scope covers civil, political, social, economic, and...

Lifting the veil on corporate terrorism: the use of the criminal code terrorism framework to hold multinational corporations accountable for complicity in human rights violations abroad.
I INTRODUCTION II THE CURRENT ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK APPLICABLE TO MNC'S Establishing Jurisdiction in International and Domestic Criminal Law The Inadequacy of the Current Domestic Regulatory Framework for Canadian MNC's Operating Abroad III THE ANTI-TERRORISM ACT AMENDMENTS AND THE OFFENCES OF FACILITATING AND FINANCING TERRORISM Terrorist Activity Armed Conflict Carve-Out...

Evacuees rap violations of human rights.
When the Arroyo government declared a stop of military operations (SOMO), a feeling of relief and hope swept residents of 12 villages in Surigao del Sur who evacuated their homes and farms last month due to massive military operations. "Dili ko katuo nga makauli nami karon, nakahilak...