The Spanish Legacy execution, torture, burning of houses, rape, poisoning of wells and rivers, revenge killing of civilians or prisoners, stealing for food, etc., in furtherance of state policies and laws fall within this ambit. Criminal acts of the same nature (i.e., summary executions, torture, burning of houses, etc.) committed by individuals, groups, factions through the usurpation of their office or government positions in defiance of very clear constitutional provisions, state policies, laws, penal codes, or code of conduct which are meant to embarrass, subvert, change or overthrow a duly constituted democratic government and its leaders or bring back a past dictatorial, autocratic or fascist system of government or simply to achieve personal material gain or unconstitutional authority are called non-systemic human rights violations. spectively through elections and referendums by the people they govern and (c) whose decrees, laws, policies and regulations do not serve the interest of or are detrimental to the public good or humanity in general. Acts such as summary During the period of the Spanish empire and its colonial rule in the Philippine islands, human rights violations were systemic. The papal bulls and the contents of El Requerimiento 1513 9