MindaNews » Multi-sectoral human rights monitoring body pushed in Bukidnon.
By Walter I. Balane
July 28, 2012

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/ 27 July)- Representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs) in Bukidnon have pushed for the creation of a provincial multi-sectoral body to monitor human rights issues in the area.

The recommendation, among others, emerged on Thursday during the workshop of the Community-based Dialogue Sessions on Human Rights Promotion and Protection by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and CSOs in Bukidnon.

The recommendation is a repeat of the recommendation in a 2009 dialogue on the same issue of militarization.

Participants cited the lack of a wider multi-sectoral body to monitor human rights issues in the province as one of the challenges in the area.

The dialogue, initiated by the Alternative Law Group (ALG), is a follow up to a similar dialogue in 2009 meant to review the accomplishments from the first workshop.

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