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AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL COMMITEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE (NCPT), THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT (OPCAT), AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
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NATIONAL COMMITEE OF PREVENTION OF TORTURE (NCPT) AND OPCAT IMPLEMENTATION ACT OF 2015
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June 30, 2016
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Entitled: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL COMMITEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE (NCPT), THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT (OPCAT), AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2016 ] 6/30/2016 Introduced by Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL; 8/1/2016 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; and FINANCE; 8/30/2016 Letter from Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA dated August 10, 2016, requesting that she be made co-author of SBN-113, received by the LBIS; (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)