Tag: international humanitarian law

As the Philippines joined the celebration of the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers or Red Hand Day, the Commission on Human...

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New People’s Army rebels set off a roadside bomb at a military convoy Tuesday, wounding seven army soldiers shortly after an encounter in Buenavista,...

At least 21 congressmen identified with the Left have filed a resolution asking the administration to resume peace talks with the communist rebels. The legislators...

The good news is that the Philippines can be proud of the Department of Foreign Affairs under Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, and its corps...

THE military on Friday said troops observed the proper guidelines for their actions during the five-month siege of Marawi City, but would nonetheless investigate...

ANY threat to bomb lumad schools is against international humanitarian law, as President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to do if the schools harbored terrorists,...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The communist New People’s Army defended its recent Malaybalay City operation that resulted in the killing of three unarmed army troopers...

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has already ordered the release of some 17 or 20 political prisoners for  humanitarian reasons, government negotiators said Tuesday.  Labor Secretary and...