19 research outputs found
Philippines: Continuing Child Detention with Adults in Police Lockups, Arbitrary Detention of “Rescued” Street Children, and Extrajudicial Execution of Children Accused of Violating the Law
Authored on behalf of the Coalition to Stop Child Detention through Restorative Justice, this shadow human rights report gives recommendations to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on how to curb the nefarious practice by the Philippine government of jailing children with adult crime suspects and the rounding up of street children, as well as steps to stop extrajudicial executions.
Submitted to the Committee on the occasion of its 52nd Sessions, from 14 September - 2 October 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland, this report clarifies the core issues besetting children accused of violating the law (CAVL). It discusses the various types and categories of CAVL as well as the procedures and processes they go through upon contact with officers of the Philippine National Police and subjection to the criminal justice system.Coalition to Stop Child Detention through Restorative Justic
The Challenge of Combating Impunity in Extrajudicial Executions and Enforced Disappearances through Judicial Interpretation and Application of International Human Rights Law
Officially admitted by the Office of then Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno (summit convener) for use during the National Consultative Summit on Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances - Searching for Solutions, Manila, Philippines, 16-17 July 2007
From the Rights-Based Perspective: Claiming a Grassroots Voice in UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Ahimsa and Karma - Principles of Peace Struggle
Transcript of the extemporaneous speech titled Ahimsa and Karma – Principles for Peace Struggle given by Perfecto `Boyet´ Caparas during the commemoration of the UN-declared International Day of Peace, held at the City Market West Plaza, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, on Saturday, 21 September 2013
End Police Discrimination Against Poor Filipino Children
Coalition to Stop Child Detention Through Restorative Justic
History - LL.M. Roadmap: An International Student’s Guide to U.S. Law School Programs
From 2007 to 2008, Perfecto `Boyet´ Caparas conceptualized, originated & transmitted to Prof. George Edwards, in Edwards’ concurrent capacity then as IU McKinney External Faculty Director of the Graduate Programs & Co-Chair of the Graduate Affairs Committee, his (Caparas’) own original, comprehensive & integrated body of written work & system containing seed ideas, approaches, principles, concepts & perspectives on various facets of LLM, JD & SJD education in the US, from the point of view, perspective, based on the interests, needs, aspirations of & intended for foreign attorneys & professionals as well as law school administrators, that Prof. Edwards used for & in LL.M. Roadmap: An International Student’s Guide to US Law School Programs. This document shows Caparas' own original body of work