Amnesty International Philippines (AIPh) is a human rights organization in the Philippines, Manila.[1] It's an independent organization with the famous parent organization Amnesty International (AI).[2] Among its goals are networking, strengthening the local human rights movement, and lobbying. It works for the passage of anti-torture legislation, ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), passage of the Reproductive Health Law (RH Law), enactment of a domestic International Humanitarian Law (IHL), work on juvenile justice, repeal of the death penalty law, and passage of the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act (Anti-VAWC). AIPh was officially registered in 1987 by a board of trustees made up of Edmundo Garcia, Reynaldo Ty, Fe Agpaoa, Gina Putong, Che Duran, Ruth Alegre, Shiela Sison, Nelson Rendon and Ma. Cecilia Macatangay.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Katerina Francisco. "A shame for PH if death penalty is reimposed – groups". Rappler. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Amnesty International blasts Duterte threat to kill rights activists". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "In the Philippines". Amnesty International Philippines. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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