Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Congress Author
Date filed
July 1, 2010
Scope

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00098
REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA10353
FULL TITLE : AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SHORT TITLE : Anti-enforced Or Involuntary Disappearance Act Of 2010
ABSTRACT : “Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2010.” Adopts the 2006 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance’s definition of enforced disappearance which refers to the “arrest, detention, abduction, or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, which place such person outside the protection of the law” even as it seeks to impose penalties for its commission.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : LAGMAN, EDCEL C.
DATE FILED : 2010-07-01
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS :
1. Tañada 2. Bello
3. Bag-ao 4. Escudero
5. Colmenares 6. Casiño
7. Mariano 8. Ilagan
9. Palatino 10. De Jesus
11. Tinio 12. Rodriguez (R.)
13. Tupas 14. Relampagos
15. Abaya 16. Dimaporo (F.)
17. Aumentado 18. Pangandaman (S.)
19. Arago 20. Lapus
21. Ong 22. Fernandez
23. Calimbas-Villarosa 24. Alcala
25. Chipeco 26. Garcia (P.)
27. Magsaysay (M.) 28. Castelo
29. Batocabe 30. Alvarez (A.)
31. Barzaga 32. Fariñas
33. Quimbo
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Sarmiento (M.) (037 ) 2. Del Mar (046 )
COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB02817
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS:
      1. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2011-12-01
      2. Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2011-12-01
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01764
SUBMITTED ON 2012-02-07
SUBMITTED BY: JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS, APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS: appproval with amendments
CONSOLIDATED BILLS: HB00223, HB02926, HB02966, HB03046
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2011-05-24
SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON HUMAN RIGHTS
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO JUSTICE on 2010-07-27;
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2012-02-08
DATE CALENDARED : 2012-02-15
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2012-03-05
SPONSORED BY :  Romulo
PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2012-03-05
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2012-03-05
REMARKS : Adopted the Explanatory Note as the sponosrship remarks.
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2012-03-14
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2012-03-21
HOUSE VOTES:    YEAS:232     NAYS:0    ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE:  2012-03-26
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE:  2012-03-26
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INFORMATION
DATE REQUESTED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2012-08-28
CONFERENCE COMMITTEEE REQUESTED BY : HOUSE
DATE AGREED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2012-09-04
REMARKS : 
CONCOM MEMBERS(HOUSE) : Tupas, Relampagos, Tañada, Lagman, Nograles, Gunigundo, Padilla
CONCOM MEMBERS(SENATE) : Escudero, Guingona, Pimentel, Arroyo, Cayetano (A.)
DATE HOUSE RATIFIED CONCOM REPORT : 2012-10-16
DATE SENATE APPROVED CONCOM REPORT : 2012-10-16
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 2012-11-22
DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 2012-12-21
PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : A
REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA10353
ORIGIN : SENATE
REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE

Abstract

"Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2010." Adopts the 2006 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance's definition of enforced disappearance which refers to the "arrest, detention, abduction, or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, which place such person outside the protection of the law" even as it seeks to impose penalties for its commission.

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