after studying, said these fall under war crimes. Under the Rome statute of the war crimes, there are additional non-international armed conflicts under paragraph E. We are firm with our decision to amend it and to follow this definition. And there are more than 12 acts that will be added as noninternational crimes. Although this might be difficult to amend, we have to take in consideration again the complementarity. lf we don't put this in our domestic law we might be in a situation where it will be the ICC to hold sole jurisdiction to prosecute, the trial courts might develops? The law develops because judges make an interpretation of the Iaw not really in the applicability word by word of the laq because we will never have a growing law through jurisprudence, that was how sexually related crimes got into the Rome Statute. Thafs how all these NCOs fought to incorporate them. According to the Rome Statute Afticle 2l,Ihe judqes can interpret further. So Article 21 can be a base for you not amending the crimes in the sense that we can allow the judges to broaden the scope if its for a broader protection. Ana Elzv Ofreneo situation so despite the difficulties of having this amended we really have to do it We have to take note that IHL Act or RA 9851 was enacted prior to the ratification of the Rome Statute, thus the slight CHR Director, HR Education and Research Office Congratulations to USEC Sandoval for the agreement that was reached. This to me is an agreement to agree on precisely the points that you mentioned. ls inconsistencies. there any way by which ceftain points for agreement Tatiana Flores along lHl along human rights be added? ls there any way they can be added to that framework CHR agreement? not have the jurisdiction, we might be caught in the We have prepared a hand book containing the crimes of Republic Act 9851, the crimes of the Rome For Gen. Tutaan, I am very happy that you mentioned Statute and the elements of the crimes. The main wall our conduct of the Second National was to facilitate the work of the investigators and Congress on Human Rights Education attended by lawyers in identiling the violations of individuals in about 600 persons in Tagaytay last year. But I would Iike to raise a question, from that point of time, the International Humanitarian Law. I have always been proud of the Act and now more than ever, after doing this very meticulous study and finding out that there are three crimes that are not in the Rome Statute but are included in the Republic Acl and the broader protection, not making a difference between international and non-international armed conflicts. I can say that this situation is similar to the one regarding civil-political rights vis-i-vis economic, social and cultural rights, that its artiflcial separation originated from that time, human rights from ideological historic moments. The same with lHlthere is no diflerence between the suffering of victims of international armed conflict and of noninternational armed conflict So when I went through the Acl and I found out that there is no difference, was very happy. lt is made 0n purpose. Educators has the Education and Training office of the AFP been mobilized to undertake the action plans that were generated from the Human Rights Educators Congress? lt is not only Memorandum Order No. 259 of 1995 that makes human rights education mandatory in our security forces. Even right there in our constitution in Afticle 14, Sec. 3, it states that all educational institutions and that includes Series military educational institutions, police educational institutions should include human rights teachings and foster respect for human rights and duties of citizens. I guess no further interpretation is needed and that is executory. But every president has his or her own version of a I directive making human rights education mandatory but to broaden the scope. What is the way that law among the pillars of justice. All of these require mandatory human rights education.Iwas hoping that I will hear a report on the degree of compliance of the AFP along these many mandates, not to mention The main objective was notto make a differentiation Proceedings of the Second National Summit on lnternational Humanitarian Law in the Philippines 11 December 2012 E