Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00011 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2004 | |
| ABSTRACT : "Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2004". The State resorts to involuntary disappearance to stifle dissent and to silence political activists. While it may no longer be rampant, it remains unbated with not a single case having been resolved. This bill seeks, among others, to adopt the United Nations definition of enforced or involuntary disappearance, to consider involuntary disappearance as a continuing offense as long as the perpetrators continue to conceal the whereabouts of the persons who have disappeared and to disallow time limitation for the prosecution of persons responsible for the commission of involuntary disappearance. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : LAGMAN, EDCELC. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Magtubo (010 ) | 2. Aguja (075 ) |
| 3. Baterina (074 ) | 4. Castro (076 ) |
| 5. Sumulong (076 ) | 6. Jaworski (076 ) |
| 7. Cabilao (006 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB04959 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2004-07-27 |
Abstract
"Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2004". The State resorts to involuntary disappearance to stifle dissent and to silence political activists. While it may no longer be rampant, it remains unbated with not a single case having been resolved. This bill seeks, among others, to adopt the United Nations definition of enforced or involuntary disappearance, to consider involuntary disappearance as a continuing offense as long as the perpetrators continue to conceal the whereabouts of the persons who have disappeared and to disallow time limitation for the prosecution of persons responsible for the commission of involuntary disappearance.
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