1. AO35 Mechanism the Road to Better Understanding

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2. Disappearances, Torture and Other Grave Violations of the

6. AO 35

7. Previous measures taken to address
human rights violations
Administrative Order No. 35, s.2012
(AO35)
Efforts to strengthen the
implementation of AO35

8. Previous measures taken to address
human rights violations
Macapagal-Arroyo

9. President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo

10. August 21, 2006:
Melo Commission was
created
January 22, 2007:
Melo Commission confirms
the extrajudicial killings of
political activists and
members of the media

11. February 12 to 21, 2007:
Special Rapporteuron
Extrajudicial, Summary or
Arbitrary Executions,Philip
Alston, went on a mission
tothe Philippines.

12. March 1, 2007:
AO 25-2007 was issued
by the Supreme Court

13. Administrative Orders

14. Administrative Orders

15. AO 181 (July 3, 2007):
PNP and NBI shall
consult with public
prosecutors at all
stages of the criminal
investigation and
cooperate at all stages
of the investigation
and prosecution
Administrative Orders

16. AO 211 (November 26,
2007):
the prevention,
investigation,
prosecution and
punishment of political
violence,
the care and protection of
people and communities
victimized and
threatened with
violence, and
the promotion of a culture
opposed to violence and
for the advancement of
reconciliation and peace
Administrative Orders

17. Abuses continue to
exist. Yet,
perpetrators remain
unpunished.

18. Ending impunity
security of persons

19. Administrative Orders

20. November 5, 2012:
JDO 003-2012
(OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES
FOR PROSECUTORS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT
INVESTIGATORS IN
EVIDENCE-GATHERING;
INVESTIGATION AND CASE
BUILD-UP; INQUEST AND
PRELIMINARY
INVESTIGATION; AND TRIAL
OF CASES OF POLITICAL-
ACTIVIST AND MEDIA
KILLINGS
Administrative Orders

21. November 22, 2012:
INTER-AGENCY
COMMITTEE ON EXTRA-
LEGAL KILLINGS,
ENFORCED
DISAPPEARANCES,
TORTURE AND OTHER
GRAVE VIOLATIONS OF
THE RIGHT TO LIFE,
LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF
PERSONS
Administrative Orders

22. Administrative Order No. 35, s.2012
(AO35)

24. INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE ON EXTRA-LEGAL KILLINGS,
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES, TORTURE AND OTHER
GRAVE VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND
SECURITY OF PERSONS

34. NCIP
DOLE
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35. NCIP
DOLE
DFA
OMBUDSMAN

36. NCIP
DOLE
DFA
OMBUDSMAN

37. NCIP
DOLE
DFA
OMBUDSMAN

38. NCIP
DOLE
DFA
OMBUDSMAN

39. NCIP
DOLE
DFA
OMBUDSMAN

40. NCIP
DOLE
DFA
OMBUDSMAN

41. NCIP
DOLE
DFA
OMBUDSMAN

42. To serve as the government's
institutional machinery dedicated
to the resolution of grave violations
of the right to life, liberty and
security of persons

43. Extra-
Legal
Killings
Torture
Enforced
Disappearance
Other
grave
violations
of rights

44. Extra-
Legal
Killings
Torture
Enforced
Disappearance
Other
grave
violations
of rights

45. TWGSecretariatSOTsSITsSTTs
Extra-
Legal
Killings
Torture
Enforced
Disappearance
Other
grave
violations
of rights

46. TWGSecretariatSOTsSITsSTTs

47. TWG Secretariat SOTsSITs STTs

48. TWG

49. TWG
Members of the TWG
represent the offices of the
members of the IAC. Its
functions include:
▪Ensuring the effective and
efficient implementation of
AO 35 and the continuous
and periodic evaluation
thereof
▪Formulating or monitoring
plans, projects and
activities of AO 35
structures
▪Recommending policy
direction to the IAC

50. Secretariat

51. Secretariat

52. The Secretariat coordinates the
efforts and facilitates the
conduct of all the activities,
projects and programs of the
IAC and its support structures.
In addition, the Secretariat:
▪Coordinates the business of
the IAC.
▪Manages the data base of
AO 35cases
▪Facilitates activities aimed at
further strengthening the
implementation of AO35.
Secretariat

53. Efforts to strengthen the
implementation of AO3

54. 2022 EFFORTS
Case Conferences
Regional Trainings
Dialogue With CSOs
and LGU

61. 200 incidents

62. 176 PNP / 10 NBI
2o CHR / 18 AFP

70. 406 personnel

73. AO35 Secretariat
Ground Floor GSP NHQ Annex Building, P. Faura, Ermita, Manila
Tel Nos.: 85213404 / 85167441
E-mail: [email protected]
AO35 Secretariat