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The Human Security Act of 2007, officially designated as Republic Act No. 9372, was a Philippine law that took effect on July 20, 2007. [1] The law, which was watered-down after opposition from some politicians and rights groups feared the legislation would endanger human rights, was aimed at tackling militants, particularly the Abu Sayyaf, in the southern Philippines.
The law replaces the Human Security Act of 2007 (RA 9372), [171] which he noted became a dead-letter law as some of its provisions – including a P500,000 daily penalty for the wrongful detention of a suspected terrorist – discouraged law enforcers from using it to charge suspected terrorists. In more than 10 years in effect, the 2007 law ...
This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties ...
Amending the Philippine National Railways Act or RA 4156: Extending the Life of the PNR 2014-06-20: 10639: Free Mobile Disaster Alerts Act 2014-07-15: 10640: Amending the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act or RA 9165: Strengthening the Anti-Drug Campaign 2014-07-15: 10641: Amending RA 7721: Allowing Full Entry of Foreign Banks 2014-07-15: 10642
This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties ...
In October 2007, the CBCS was one of the speakers in a forum participated by other civil society groups and lawyers which discussed and reviewed the soundness of Philippine Republic Act 9372, otherwise known as the Human Security Act of 2007.
The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, officially designated as Republic Act No. 11479, is a counter-terrorism law intended to prevent, prohibit, and penalize terrorism in the Philippines. [1] The law was passed by the 18th Congress and signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 3, 2020, effectively replacing the Human Security Act of 2007 on July 18 ...
Human security forms an important part of people’s well-being, and is therefore an objective of development. An objective of development is “the enlargement of human choices”. Insecurity cuts life short and thwarts the use of human potential, thereby affecting the reaching of this objective.