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Reports and Publications / Philippines / 2010 / October

Philippines: A follow-up report on the implementation in the Philippines of the Concluding Observations and recommendations of the United Nations Committee Against Torture and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

report on the implementation in the Philippines of the Concluding Observations and Recommendations of the United Nations Committee Against Torture and Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Introduction
 
1.1       A holistic approach
 
Poverty, inequality and discrimination are often at the root of violence; most victims of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment being the poorest or most marginalised members of the community. OMCT works to reduce and eliminate torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, arbitrary executions, disappearances, violence against women and children and other forms of violence by identifying and attacking the violations of economic, social and cultural rights that are the root causes of that violence. Experience has shown that acting on only one of the causes of torture has little chance of success. It is therefore essential to adopt a multifaceted and integrated approach that ensures the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights as well as civil and political rights. By adopting this holistic approach, OMCT’s work in this field has shown that addressing the root causes of violence through the appropriate channels can reduce human rights abuses as well as help create conditions conducive to economic growth and poverty reduction.
 
OMCT works with national non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to strengthen their capacity to address the economic, social and cultural root causes of torture and other forms of violence directly with their own national authorities as well as internationally.   There are two key ways in which OMCT and its partner organisations seek to bring about change: through alternative reports to the United Nations (UN) Treaty Bodies and through urgent interventions, most notably action files that provide a detailed analysis of a specific situation where violations of economic, social or cultural rights are causing or risk causing violence and that propose specific remedial action. These action files are addressed to the UN, governments, development and financial institutions, the private sector and the institutions of the European Union (EU). It is considered key to involve international institutions, such as the EU and financial and development bodies, in this process given the role that such institutions can play in influencing policies and projects at the national level.
 
A key element of the holistic approach adopted by OMCT is that actions and remedies requested in alternative reports and action files should be mutually reinforcing. OMCT has thus taken the approach of submitting alternative reports to both the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) and the UN Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), which cover cross-cutting issues relevant to both Committees and which suggest mutually reinforcing recommendations. At the national level, follow-up missions seek to bridge the implementation gap between the recommendations of the Committees. Such missions necessarily follow up on how (or if) recommendations are being implemented, but other key objectives are to draw attention of the national authorities to the recommendations, encouraging them to implement them in a coordinated way, to strengthen the capacity of other key stakeholders, such as civil society and national human rights institutions, to take action, and to involve, and mobilise, international institutions in the analysis of the root causes of violence.

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Date: October 1, 2010
Activity: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Type: Reports and Publications
Country: Philippines

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