+ Follow SECOND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL Tag
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[Title] => Philippines joins 18 countries seeking abolition of capital punishment
[Summary] => The Philippines and 18 other countries are calling for the worldwide abolition of capital punishment.
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[Title] => EU's priority: Promotion, protection of human rights in Phl
[Summary] => European Union (EU) High Representative Catherine Ashton said yesterday that the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines is EU’s key priority and providing support to human rights defenders and their efforts is a concrete expression of its commitment.
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[Title] => RP to withdraw from UN pact on death penalty?
[Summary] => The Philippines might withdraw as signatory of the United Nations Second Optional Protocol in the event the 1987 Constitution is amended to reimpose the death penalty law.
Ranking officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Philippines presented a very good image before the UN when it signed the protocol that prohibits state signatories from reintroducing the death penalty.
Officials, however, pointed out the possibility of amending the Constitution which might succeed and reintroduce capital punishment.
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[Title] => RP now banned from reintroducing death penalty after signing UN protocol
[Summary] => The Philippines signed yesterday a United Nations protocol banning the reimposition of death penalty in the country.
A ranking Department of Foreign Affairs official, who asked not to be named, said the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights requires "presidential ratification," not Senate concurrence.
"The Secretary’s act needs to be ratified by the President," the official said.
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"The Secretary’s act needs to be ratified by the President," the official said.
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September 29, 2006 - 12:00am
