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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 101 -
CREATING A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
EXECUTIVE, CONGRESS, THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRIVATE SECTOR
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
WHEREAS, the Constitution provides in the
Declaration of Principles and State Policies that, "The State values
the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human
rights";
WHEREAS, this Government is firmly committed to protect human rights
and promote its observance by all;
WHEREAS, there is a need for a standing body with representatives from
the Executive, Congress, the Commission on Human Rights, and private
sector human rights groups to assess and monitor, on a continuing
basis, the Philippine human rights situation and to advise the
President on the proper measures that ought to be taken without
delay.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1.
The Secretary of Justice as Chairman
The Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, the Presidential Legal
Counsel, a representative of the Department of National Defense, a
Senator and a Congressman as the Senate President and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives may wish to designate and two
representatives of private human rights groups to be nominated by said
groups and appointed by the President, as Members.
Sec. 2.
a.
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c.
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Sec. 5.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 13th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-eight.
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