AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT LACKS MEANINGFUL ACTION TO END IMPUNITY FOR EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, TORTURE, AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES, BASED ON THE WORLD REPORT 2014 OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL THAT TORTURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CASES OF TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, PARTICULARLY DURING POLICE INVESTIGATIONS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING LAWS WHICH WOULD FURTHER PREVENT TORTUROUS ACTIVITIES, PROVIDING MECHANISMS FOR THE EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION AND RESTITUTION OF LEGITIMATE CLAIMS OF TORTURE, AND END IMPUNITY IN SUCH INSTANCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT AN INMATE DIED OF TORTURE AT A MANILA POLICE DISTRICT DETENTION CELL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS; AND JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORTED TORTURE OF A ROBBERY SUSPECT BY A POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS SHOWN IN AN EXCLUSIVE VIDEO CLIP BY ABS-CBN NEWS ON AUGUST 17, 2010, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF LOOKING INTO AND REVIEWING THE MANNER AND PROCEDURES OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN HANDLING DETAINEES UNDER ITS CUSTODY IN LIGHT OF THE ANTI-TORTURE ACT OF 2009, OTHER RELATED LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS TO WHICH THE PHILIPPINES IS A SIGNATORY, AND COME UP WITH REMEDIAL LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; AND THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED TORTURE INCIDENT INVOLVING MANILA POLICE OFFICERS