National Summit on International Humanitarian Law in the Philipppines 41 finding mission of Prof. Philip Alston. The complaints mechanism instituted by the GRP in government has to address these killings and the nominatedsection of the National Democratic disappearancesas part of its duty and obligation Front. under both domestic and internationallaw. Responsibility of Non-State Actors Atty. Candelaria said that Prof. Philip Alston emphasizedinthelatter’s report that “even in the revolutionaryjustice system, the NPAs must meet international standards”. It was clear that the Concluding Statement Atty. Candelaria madethe following conclusions on the above-discussed interface: 1) The GRP could and should makeavailable its legal and judicial processes for the purpose of Special Rapporteur was talking about the responsibility of a non-State actorin this setting. addressing complaints. 2) The Joint Monitoring Committee is a tool at leveling the fielding of the exchangeoffiling Witness Protection of complaints including the information and Thethird point is, how do weprotect witnesses in the context of CARHRIHLandthe complaints mechanism. This is a matter that will need enhancement, strengtheningandcreativity. The Supreme Court Rules on the Writ of Amparo data collected. 3) CARHRIHLis not and cannot bea permanent mechanism. 4) The fourth onethat I wouldlike to refer to the Commission on Human Rights, is the provides a complementary mechanism, which *Barangay Human Rights Action Center identifies safe havens or sanctuaries provided by (BHRAC). NGOs. The initial problem was there was a requirementto go throughin the accreditation system. There had been efforts on the part of the government to put up Local Monitoring Bodies Thefourth pointis the possibility ofthe third party with some Local Governments. Are the Peace and monitor, who will monitor even the process of Order Councils effective instrumentsin this regard? * The Barangay Human Rights Action Center, or BHRAC Programhasbeentheflagship program of the Commission on Human Rights since 1995. It started as a social/actionresearch in 1994 that studied the possibility of organizing community-based humanrights volunteer workers. Asaflagship program, BHRAC’s ultimate goalis to empowerand mobilize community-based humanrights advocatesto take up the cudgelsfor humanrights promotionand protection by themselves, and at the sametime, to bring the services of CHR to the grassroots level. Ina sense, BHRACis CHR’s nationalgrassroots human rights advocacy program thatfacilitates the building up ofa culture ofhumanrights in the Philippines. BOOK LAUNCHING _ Graduated Curricula on HumanRights and International Humanitarian Law for theMilitary __ The Book Launching on Human Rights and International 1 : the Military was led by Comm. Cecilia Rachel N.Quis