THEMAIIC DISCTJSSION 1
Work on Education,
Information and Communication3
Facilitator/Rapporteur: Dr. An a Elzy Ofreneo, CHR Director
Dr. Ofreneo presented the group's
proposed program of action which revolves
around five themes: education, media,
CHR accountability and resources.
On Education
Review of the AFP Human Rights Manual
which was launched about two years ago with
comments from PhilRights. However, work on
the manualwas not pursued. The lead agency
for this undertaking is the PNP Human Rights
Office which, in turn, will convene a multi-
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sectoral review committee.
Monitoring of how teaching exemplars are being
Review of existing program of instructions or
used by DepEd.
syllabi/curriculum of the AFP and PNP to ensure
that HR-IHL are integrated therein. The review
shall also include the existing culture in the
Study on the degree of integration of HR{HL in
all levels of education and not only in ROTC as
recommended in the 2009 IHL Summit.
military and police academies and other learning
and training institutions of law enforcement
agencies. The group believes that the school
culture is a curriculum by itself. The lead
agencies for this are J-8 of the AFP, the CHR and
On Media
PhilRights.
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in terms of content and methodologies with the
Mobilize government and private sector media
network to sponsor/conduct tele-aralan and
radio programs on HR{HL. It is proposed to tap
private entities through their corporate social
J-8 of the AFP as lead agenry.
responsibility (CSR) programs.
Review of the actual delivery of IHL curriculum
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Holding of an ?cademic Forum" among
formal educational institutions at all levels
(elementary, secondary and tertiary tentatively
within September or October 2012. This activity
is being proposed pursuant to the constitutional
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Facilitator: Dr. Ana Elzy Ofreneo. Croup Members: Col. Ronan
and Col Perez (AFP); (2 from PMS); (Joey Pinalas (PUP); Usec
Severo Catura (PHRC); Dr Nymia Simbulan (PhilRights);
(Monitoring Committee); Epifania Garav and Dominik
mandatea on mandatory human rights education.
Calamba (CHR)
The Forum aims to assess how far formal
Adicle XIV Sec 3 (2) of the Philippine Constitution provides
that'AIl education institutlons . . . shall lnculcate patriotism
and nationalism, foster love of humanity and respect for
human rights ..."
schools have gone with respect to HR{HL,
including cyber education.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
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