HUMANITY AMIDST CONFLICTS 36 customary beliefs, maybein the form ofreligious conflict would require an organized community, beliefs, whether Islam or Christianity. However, aware of their rights, because awareness is very Sulong CARHRIHL does not really work in important. Our communities have found that if affected areas where the MILFoperates but on the they ask the AFP or the NPA if they know of IHL areas affected by the communist insurgency, or or they know CARHRIHLthen that makes the maybein Christian areas. other party behave better. These people know that that kind of knowledge already provide some kind It is not difficult to create an appreciation of and of a shield or protection. adherence to CARHRIHLat the community level, ie. where the armed conflictis taking place. One This conforms with somefindings about rape. If simply has to: surface the community folks’ a person knew that rape is wrong, andif you fight customary beliefs, sense of humanity, and it, then it is less possible that one will be raped. experienceson violence; and, juxtaposethese with Heor she can bekilled as well. As shared by her, the ideals and principles of HR andIHL. One has statistics showthatif you fightoff a violation that to reframe the community folks’ deep-seated is about to be committed against you, then you beliefs along HR and IHL; thereby, establishing will be able to somehowpreventit. So that kind of commongrounds betweentheir cherishedbeliefs awarenessin having the organizational structure and the provisions of CARHRIHL. Andthat to engage the twoparties is very, very important. commongroundis easily formed and shaped by partnerships on the ground. Prof. Ferrer cited as an example the ceasefire with the GRP and NDF. However,in the case of the IHL Cannot be Advanced by Individuals GRP-MILFceasefire, the same was broken down, Working Alone henceanall out waris taking place exceptfor the The secondrealization is that IHL cannot be fact that recently, the two parties have agreed to advanced by individuals working alone. There start negotiations. must be community organizations to do this -whetheritis a tribal organization led by council of CARHRIHLis Basically a Very Weak elders; whether these are through people’s Mechanism organizations, sectoral groupsthatare also being A third realization with regard to the CARHRIHL formed,orprecisely the differentservice providers, is - itis basically a very weak mechanism and has NGOs and the church which have very strong no political will to implement. For most part, presencein the remote communities. She further violations and accusations also assumea political stressed that without said structures in place, it character - meaning objectives based on would be very hardto negotiate for what might be propagandagoalsof either party. And for them, very simple. In reality, the most common concern they try to issue akind of approach whichis the at the community level is whether a military dialogical approach. Dialogical — meaning, the aim detachment should notbe put up nearthe school is to convince theparties to observe and betrue to or even near the church or near public places their commitments under the agreement they where a lot of people converge. That kind of signed and, under International Humanitarian negotiating and engaging with the parties to the Law andInternational HumanRights Laws.