Review the implementation of Sec. lB, RA 9851 in terms of capacity building for judges, prosecutors, CHR investigators, members of the State security forces and law enforcement agencies Revierv of the present DOJ Witness Protection Program (WPP) and push for the strengthening of the \MPP through legislation and increased budget > allocation. encountering difficulties in the process of such investigations such as the ballistic exams and the The presentation of the group repoft was followed by an open forum. contamination of evidence. As such, she said there is a need to improve investigation techniques, ' Ms. Rose Tiajano (PAHRA asked if there have systems and processes so as to ensure that the been IHL cases filed cases filed and how to file such cases, In relation to this, Mr. Garcia (DILG) also asked if IHL victims approach CSOs and what has been will prosper in court. The moderator manifested that in breakout discussion of Group 2, some participants their experience on this. tl-re expressed that the difficulties in the monitoring ' Sister Amold (Balay Rehabilitation Center) said investigation and prosecution ofcases stem from that victims seek assistance from them in filing the non-implementation of Sec. 18 of RA 9851, cases but they cannot as an institution, in the case the failure of some agencies to designate investigators, prosecutors and special courts for i.e., of Sulong CARHzuHL, file the case because it has IHL. The moderator also echoed the sentiment of to be done by the victims themselves. Sister Amold lamented that man1, victims do not file cases participants especially from the CSOs over the nonimplementation of Section 13 (Witness Protection Program)and Section 14 (Reparations)of the same because of fear and lamented that the witness protection program can hardly provide assistance law which may be due to the non-implementation to the victims because of budgetary constraints. of Section 18. The moderator solicited the views of ' Ms. Beclry Lozada (PCICC) said they are now working on IHL legal trainings. She said it is important for CSOs to be trained in handling IHL ' USec. Armamento of DOJ clarified that even if there are still no designated special prosecutors, cases considedng that the PCICC and its IHL may already be filed with the proper member organizations are being approached for cases of legal assistance by victims of IHL violations. For office of the prosecutor that has jurisdiction where instance, she said they have been approached for assistance on CARHRIHL cases, Balay have cases the incidents happened. She said this can be done already considering that the criminal justice of burning (torture), TFD has cases of torture system is fully functional. and EJKs, and FIND has cases of involuntary disappearances, among others. Ms. Lozada ' the concemed agencies over the matter. t Gen. Tutaan pointed out that the problem emphasized the need for CSOs to work together with goverrrment agencies so that the limited lies in the filing of cases where the victims or resources would be optimized. in their complainl He said this may be due to the lack of education on the part of the victims and the law enforcement agencies. Given this complainants fail to allege violations of IHL Ms. Tiajano said that PAHRA has two cases which they believe would qualifo as IHL cases and they situation, he said the AFP has launched a massive education on IHL within its ranks. are currently working on these as test cases. She said the same cases are also being handled by the CHR. However, Ms. Tlajano lamented that the investigation is taking too long and they are t Atty. Mejia expressed that there is no general knowledge on what the Supreme Court and the ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION