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Education To Maximize Respect For Human Rights.
Executive Order No. 27
July 4, 1986
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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 27Education to Maximize Respect for Human Rights
- Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MECS) shall:
- Include study and understanding of human rights in curricula of all levels of education and training in all schools in the country. (Section 1)
- Initiate and maintain regular programs and special projects to provide venues for information and discussion of human rights. (Section 1)
- Consult and coordinate with the Presidential Committee on Human Rights in formulating courses or subjects on human rights. (Section 3)
- Emphasize the following principles on human rights and related laws in the curricula: (Section 3)
- All persons are born with human dignity and inherent rights. (Section 3a)
- Torture, cruel treatment, forced disappearances, and extra-legal executions are crimes punishable by Philippine laws. (Section 3b)
- Anyone may question the legality of arrest and detention before the appropriate court. (Section 3c)
- The Bill of Rights as adopted in the Provisional Constitution or the New Constitution when ratified, including jurisprudential ramifications. (Section 3d)
- Prisoners shall be treated with humanity, and juvenile prisoners shall be kept separate from adult prisoners. (Section 3e)
- Convicted prisoners may be assigned to suitable work. (Section 3f)
- Articles 124 to 131, 235, 245, 267 to 269 of the Revised Penal Code. (Section 3g)
- Republic Act No. 857. (Section 3h)
- Rules 113 and 126 of the 1985 Rules on Criminal Procedure. (Section 3i)
- The Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners as adopted by the Department (now Ministry) of Justice on January 7, 1959, and the Ministry of Justice Manual on general rules, policies, and operations principles adherent to in the prison service. (Section 3j)
- Include subjects or courses dealing with international conventions, agreements, declarations or covenants on human rights ratified by the Philippines or to which it is a signatory, if appropriate and practicable. (Section 4)
- Civil Service Commission shall include basic knowledge on human rights in the qualifying examinations for government service. (Section 2)
- The Order shall be initially implemented within the framework of the MECS budget for 1986, and subsequent expenditures shall be incorporated in the annual budget of the MECS. (Section 5)
- The Order shall take effect immediately. (Section 6)
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Education To Maximize Respect For Human Rights.
Executive Order No. 27
•July 4, 1986
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 27 July 4, 1986
EDUCATION TO MAXIMIZE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
WHEREAS, the past regime was characterized by numerous violations of human rights;
WHEREAS, to gain greater respect for human rights and to deter violations thereof, there is an urgent need to educate the people about these rights, the serious consequences of, and the avenues of redress from violations thereof;
WHEREAS, the Presidential Committee on Human Rights, primarily tasked to assist the President in the discharge of her duty to respect and foster human rights, has recommended that the system of formal and informal education be utilized for the aforesaid purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
1. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports shall include the study and understanding of human rights in the curricula of all levels of education and training in all schools in the country, adapting the scope and treatment of the subjects or courses on human rights to the respective educational levels. It shall likewise initiate and maintain regular...
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human rights
education
curriculum
schools
training
programs
projects
information
discussion
Presidential Committee on Human Rights
dignity
torture
cruel treatment
forced disappearances
extra-legal executions
arrest
detention
Bill of Rights
Provisional Constitution
New Constitution
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prisoners
humanity
juvenile prisoners
adult prisoners
convicted prisoners
work
Revised Penal Code
Republic Act No. 857
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Treatment of Prisoners
Ministry of Justice
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Civil Service Commission
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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 27 July 4, 1986
EDUCATION TO MAXIMIZE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
WHEREAS, the past regime was characterized by numerous violations of human rights;
WHEREAS, to gain greater respect for human rights and to deter violations thereof, there is an urgent need to educate the people about these rights, the serious consequences of, and the avenues of redress from violations thereof;
WHEREAS, the Presidential Committee on Human Rights, primarily tasked to assist the President in the discharge of her duty to respect and foster human rights, has recommended that the system of formal and informal education be utilized for the aforesaid purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
1. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports shall include the study and understanding of human rights in the curricula of all levels of education and training in all schools in the country, adapting the scope and treatment of the subjects or courses on human rights to the respective educational levels. It shall likewise initiate and maintain regular...
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