Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL POLICY ON PEACE ZONES
Date filed
August 6, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01804 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL POLICY ON PEACE ZONES |
| SHORT TITLE : "The Peace Zones Policy Act of 2004" |
| ABSTRACT : "The Peace Zones Policy Act of 2004". This bill establishes the basic and specific policies that shall govern Peace Zones. Because of the intermittent armed conflict in Mindanao, people-initiated, community-based responses in the form of Peace Zones, also known as "Sanctuaries of Peace" and "Spaces for Peace" have mushroomed in the area. A peace zone is a geographical area which the residents themselves declare to be off-limits to armed conflicts to protect the civilians, livelihood and property from the raging war. It comprises a major grassroots constituency in the pursuit of peace processes in the national level. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : HATAMAN, MUJIV S. |
| DATE FILED : 2007-08-06 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY ON 2007-08-21 |
Abstract
"The Peace Zones Policy Act of 2004". This bill establishes the basic and specific policies that shall govern Peace Zones. Because of the intermittent armed conflict in Mindanao, people-initiated, community-based responses in the form of Peace Zones, also known as "Sanctuaries of Peace" and "Spaces for Peace" have mushroomed in the area. A peace zone is a geographical area which the residents themselves declare to be off-limits to armed conflicts to protect the civilians, livelihood and property from the raging war. It comprises a major grassroots constituency in the pursuit of peace processes in the national level.
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