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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 15 -
AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 101, DATED DECEMBER 13, 1988, WHICH
CREATED A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, Administrative Order No. 101,
dated December 13, 1988, created a Human Rights Committee, composed of
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
advice the President on the proper measure that ought to be taken
without delay;
WHEREAS, said Committee was created to show this Government's
commitment to protect human rights and promote its observance by all,
in accordance with the Constitution's Declaration of Principles and
State Policies that, "The State values the dignity of every human
person and guarantees full respect for human rights";
WHEREAS, it has been noted that there are offices in the executive
which, if included in the composition of the Committee, will render the
Committee more effective and efficient in monitoring the Philippine
human rights situation and in addressing human rights problems and in
advising the President on the proper measure that ought to be taken
without delay;
WHEREAS, said offices are : the Department of the Interior and Local
Government, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of
Health, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1.
"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 Representative of the Department
of the Interior and Local Government, a Representative of the
Department of Foreign Affairs, a Representative of the Department of
Health, a Representative of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development, 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".
Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety two.
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