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Theexistence of the Kangaroo Court;
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Hostage taking of prisoners and captives;
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No compensationof victims;
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Kidnapping of non-combatants, ICRC and
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Collection of fees regarding permit to
campaign byparty list groups from other
civilians;
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candidates within their areas of control; and
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Lack of disaster preparedness. In most cases,
andcivilians;
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the local government units (LGUs) have their
own disaster plan. But there are LGUs, while
equipped with their own disaster plan, the
Theinhumanetreatmentof captured soldiers
The use of landminesto injure and evenkill
civilians and other non-combatants;
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Proliferation of unauthorizeduseof firearms;
Extortion activities or the collection ofthe so-
same does not include displacement due to
called revolutionary tax; and
armed conflict, only displacement due to
Unauthorized use of uniform.
natural calamities.
IX. The lack of Data Banking on IHL
XI. The Peace Process
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provisionsand otherrelated
This refers to the suspension ofthe peace
negotiation process.
information
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Lack of disaggregateddata on the victims and
damages caused by armedconflict;
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The Barangay I.D. System.
There are
XIL. Violation of suspension of military
operations
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This happens especially when there is a
barangays which adopted the I.D. System;
ceasefire agreement and there are parties to
there are also barangays which are not
the agreementviolatingit.
applying said system; and
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Unavailability of personnelfor interview.
XIII. Livelihood
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X. There are crimes committed during
armedconflict by both armed groups
Presentor 2:
MR. YUL OLAYA
Mindanao Bantay Ceasefire
Mr. Yul Olaya thanked the Commission on
Human Rights for inviting him personally to
represent the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
in Central Mindanao. He discussed the “State of
the Bakwits’ (IDPs) Address on July 23, 2009".
Hestressed that the Internally Displaced Persons
had beensuffering from dehumanizing conditions
Due to armed conflict, the meansofliving of
the civilian population are affected, if not
damaged.