compilation,
recording and
updating of information
and
education
materials and campaigns that facilitate understanding of human rightsbased approaches to criminal justice and restorative justice, and
reminding and relearning of the history of the abolition of the death
penalty in the Philippines, as well as similar evidence-based advocacy in
other countries that unpacks death penalty as a non-deterrentto crime.
III. Human Rights Policy Office
The HumanRights Policy Office shall be tasked to develop advisories,
position papers and stakeholders’ analyses for both the Senate and
Congress,and identify legislators in favor, against or neutral on the issue
of death penalty.
IV. Civil Society Organizations
Article 13, Section 15 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states, "the State
shall respect the role of independent people's organizations to enable the
people to pursue and protect, within the democratic framework, their
legitimate and collective interests and aspirations through peaceful and
lawful means. People's organizations are bonafide associationsofcitizens
with demonstrated capacity to promote the public interest and with
identifiable leadership, membership, and structure."
Thus, members of civil society such as human rights groups, nongovernment organizations, humanrights defenders, trade unions, lawyers,
social workers, journalists, medical practitioners, and vulnerableorat-risk
sectors including women, children, people with disabilities, indigenous
peoples and faith-based communities shall be invited to take active roles
in the Task Force and the campaign against the death penalty in
collaboration with the Commission.
SO RESOLVED.
Donethis 20day of May 2016, Quezon City, Philippines.
(originally signed)
JOSE LUIS MARTIN C. GASCON
Chairperson
(originally signed)
KAREN S. GOMEZ DUMPIT
Commissioner
(originally signed)
LEAH C. TANODRA-ARMAMENTO
Commissioner
(originally signed)
GWENDOLYN L.L. PIMENTEL-GANA
Commissioner
(originally signed)
ROBERTO EUGENIO T. CADIZ
Commissioner