Intl training for cases of ELK, disappearances slated in Subic
A group of international lawyers are set to discuss extra-legal killings (ELK), disappearances, and torture during a two-day training and live-in seminar workshop to be held inside the Subic Bay Freeport.
Aiming to encourage concerned sectors to be aggressive in pursuing cases related to ELKs, the American Bar Association - Rule of Law Initiative (ABA-ROLI) decided to embark on this noble project in a bid to provide the necessary tools needed in accomplishing cases related to ELKs, said Jack Andrew Miranda, ABA-ROLI coordinator.
The international training course on investigation and prosecution is set to mainly focus on ELKs, enforced disappearances and torture. It is slated to be held at the Vista Marina Hotel in Subic Bay Freeport Zone on June 16 - 17.
ABA-ROLI in cooperation with the Centerlaw and Professor Harry Roque has invited private prosecutors, public attorneys, selected journalists human rights lawyers and workers in Central Luzon to join in the training and workshop.
Jack Andrew Miranda of the ABA-ROLI said the main objective of the activity is to impart and equip all participants of the knowledge about ELKs and make them aggressive in pursuing such cases.
The project is fully supported by the Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project, said Miranda, in an invitation sent to possible participants.
Last month, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), an international press group, held a one-day seminar workshop for journalists in Central Luzon.
Among the topics discussed during the workshop include human rights violations and reporting and other work-related problems encountered by journalists in the pursuit of fair, truth and justice writing stories. Jess Malabanan - ABS CBN NEWS
Aiming to encourage concerned sectors to be aggressive in pursuing cases related to ELKs, the American Bar Association - Rule of Law Initiative (ABA-ROLI) decided to embark on this noble project in a bid to provide the necessary tools needed in accomplishing cases related to ELKs, said Jack Andrew Miranda, ABA-ROLI coordinator.
The international training course on investigation and prosecution is set to mainly focus on ELKs, enforced disappearances and torture. It is slated to be held at the Vista Marina Hotel in Subic Bay Freeport Zone on June 16 - 17.
ABA-ROLI in cooperation with the Centerlaw and Professor Harry Roque has invited private prosecutors, public attorneys, selected journalists human rights lawyers and workers in Central Luzon to join in the training and workshop.
Jack Andrew Miranda of the ABA-ROLI said the main objective of the activity is to impart and equip all participants of the knowledge about ELKs and make them aggressive in pursuing such cases.
The project is fully supported by the Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project, said Miranda, in an invitation sent to possible participants.
Last month, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), an international press group, held a one-day seminar workshop for journalists in Central Luzon.
Among the topics discussed during the workshop include human rights violations and reporting and other work-related problems encountered by journalists in the pursuit of fair, truth and justice writing stories. Jess Malabanan - ABS CBN NEWS
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