|
Date |
Event |
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10 August 2006 |
PNP holds Multisectoral
Conference on Extra Judicial Killings
|
|
11 August 2006 |
Supreme Court tells AFP and PNP
to produce missing activists |
|
15 August 2006 |
PGMA mulls appointment of ex
Supreme Court Justice Jose Melo to head
investigation of EJK cases |
|
15 August 2006 |
Amnesty International releases
51-page report on EJK and other political
killings in the Philippines |
|
18 August 2006 |
17 international Church leaders
sign statement denouncing political killings in
the Philippines |
|
19 August 2006 |
PNP shows lapses in the Karapatan
List of EJK victims with the appearance of a
certain Edwin Mascarinas after being reported
killed. |
|
20 August 2006 |
PGMa creates Melo Commission: A
Commission to Conduct an Independent Probe of
the Killings of Media Practitioners and Militant
Activists. The Commission is headed by ex
Justice Jose Melo with NBI Director Nestor
Mantaring, Chief Prosecutor Jovencito Zuno,
Bishop Camilo Gregorio of Batanes (later
replaced by Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos of Butun),
Nelia Teodoro Gonzales, a UP Board of Regent and
Attorney Rogelio Vinluan.
|
|
28 August 2006 |
Palace warns AFP and PNP not to
engage in EJK. |
|
30 August 2006 |
Melo Commission announces
December deadline for investigation. PGMA signs
Administrative Order 157 creating the
Commission. |
|
30 August 2006 |
French Charges de Affairs
Reginauld Fabre urges the Philippine Government
to seriously look into the reported EJK cases |
|
1 September 2006 |
PGMA clears military in political
killings |
|
4 September 2006 |
Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr
accuses the DOJ of sitting down on 423 cases of
human right violation cases |
|
12 September 2006
|
Melo Commission starts hearings
with senior police and military officers |
|
14 September 2006 |
AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes
Esperon testifies before the Commission. |
|
14 September 2006 |
Commission on Human Rights and
Task Force USIG reports point to rebels as
perpetrators of Extra-Judicial killings. |
|
26 September 2006 |
Five Left-wing members attend the
UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva to
elevate cases of EJK in the Philippines to the
UN body. |
|
27 September 2006 |
Attorney Vinluan reports lack of
hard evidence vs Gen Jovito Palparan |
|
3 October 2006 |
Bishop Alberto Ramento, chair of
the Supreme Council of Bishops of the Philippine
Independent Church was stabbed dead in Tarlac
City. |
|
4 October 2006 |
PNP General Avelino Razon reports
padding of Karapatan list of victims of EJK in
the Philippines |
|
11 October 2006 |
NSA Norberto Gonzales reports
political killings as tool for destabilization |
|
12 October 2006 |
Committee Report No 150 filed in
the Senate to facilitate hearings and inquiries
on EJK |
|
16 October 2006 |
International Association of
Peoples’ Lawyers Forum in Davao City is held.
|
|
16 October 2006 |
Senate releases 16-page report
blaming the Government on its failure to prevent
murders and rendering justice to victims of EJK.
|
|
17 October 2006 |
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Committee on Human Rights in Geneva expresses
concern on EKJ in the Philippines.
|
|
24 October 2006 |
Reporters Without Borders ranks
the Philippines 142nd out of 168
countries in terms of Press Freedom.
|
|
12 November 2006 |
PNP Chief reports 21 out of 26
cases of media killings solved
|
|
13 November 2006 |
Joint Foreign Chambers of
Commerce in the Philippines and the Philippine
Association of Multinational Companies Regional
Headquarters called for an end to EJK
|
|
14 November 2006 |
Press Secretary Bunye claims that
the propaganda campaign is highlighting the EJK
cases in the Philippines |
|
27 November 2006 |
Seven EU ambassadors seek end to
EJK |
|
6 December 2006 |
Melo Commission clears Gen Jovito
Palparan and the AFP on any involvement in EJK
cases in the Philippines. |
|
20 December 2006 |
Melo Commission to submit
official report in January |
|
23 January 2007 |
EU condemns Human Rights
violations in the Philippines |
|
29 January 2007 |
Justice Melo cites Command
Responsibility and recommends Gen Palaparan and
other commanders be held responsible for EJK
cases in respective areas during tours of
duty. |
|
29 January 2007 |
AFP to sanction members
implicated in activist slays |
|
30 January 2007 |
Melo Commission submits official
report to PGMA |
|
31 January 2007
|
Government asks help of EU in
probing political killings. |
|
1 February 2007 |
Reporters Without Borders
releases official annual report on press
freedom; gives failing mark to the
Philippines. |
|
4 February 2007 |
Asian Human Rights body calls for
release of the Melo Commission Report
|
|
4 February 2007 |
AFP Chief of Staff General
Esperon issues Memorandum on Strict Adherence to
Command Responsibility |
|
10 February 2007 |
UN team headed by Special
Rapporteur Philip Alston arrives in the country
for a 10-day fact finding mission in the
country. |
|
13 February 2007 |
Alston meets with PNP and AFP top
brass regarding EJK cases |
|
14 February 2007
|
Karapatan meets with Philip
Alston |
|
16 February 2007 |
Chief Justice announces the
creation of the Special Courts solely for EJK
cases after meeting with Alston. Office of the
Court Administrator starts inventory of EJK
cases in the country. |
|
19 February 2007 |
UN Team ends 10-day fact finding
mission. |
|
20 February 2007 |
Malacanan releases official Melo
Commission Report to public. |
|
23 February 2007 |
Palace vows to prosecute erring
military personnel involved in EJK |
|
27 February 2007 |
US urges end to EJK, offers help. |
|
1 March 2007 |
AFP briefs Asian diplomats on
issue of EJK |
|
12 March 2007 |
Supreme Court orders inventory of
EJK cases |
|
14 March 2007 |
US Congress starts probe on
political killings |
|
16 March 2007 |
DOJ Secretary Gonzalez says US
probe unfair. |
|
17 March 2007 |
AFP reports 14 military men
implicated in EJK |
|
18 March 207 |
Canada calls for actual
resolution of EJK cases in the Philippines
|
|
21 March 2007 |
Two more militants claimed by
Karapatan as killed resurface, Karapatan list’s
authenticity further doubted.
|
|
21 March 2007 |
Desmond Tutu calls for end to EJK
in the Philippines |
|
21 March 2007 |
DFA holds 3-day Policy
consultations on the issue of EJK |
|
25 March 2007 |
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal ion
the Hague releases verdict on EJK cases.
Ambassador Robert Vornis dismisses the Tribunal
as Kangaroo Court. |
|
27 March 2007 |
European Commission sends
Assessment Mission for EJK probe assistance to
the Philippines |
|
27 March 2007 |
60 EJK cases brought to court
according to the Presidential Commission on
Human Rights. Four convictions reported. |
|
28 March 2007 |
Commission on Human Rights
announces database of EJK cases called “Martus”
|
|
31 March 2007 |
Paris-based International
Federation for Human Rights releases 2006 Annual
Report on EJK and other political killings in
the Philippines. |
|
4 April 2007 |
Palace issues Administrative
Order 173 extending operations of the Melo
Commission to dig deeper on EJK cases.
|
|
11 April 2007 |
US Department of State Report
tags Philippine security forces’ involvement on
EJK. |
|
18 April 2007 |
Inter-Parliamentary Union 3-man
fact Finding Team arrives in the country to look
into EJK cases and other political killings.
|
|
21 April 2007 |
Japanese Human Rights group
“Human Rights Now” tags the AFP in killings,
wants Japanese aid to the Philippines frozen.
|
|
4 June 2007 |
PGMA assures Pope on government
action on EJK |
|
14 June 2007 |
PGMA orders DOJ to form special
panel of prosecutors to exclusively handle
killing of journalists. |
|
9 July 2007 |
Bill creating a Commission on
Missing Persons refilled by Senator Jinggoy
Estrada. |
|
16-17 July 2007 |
Supreme Court sponsors National
Consultative Summit on Extra Judicial Killings
and Enforced Disappearances-Searching for
Solutions and makes several proposals and
recommendations to the different branches of
Government. |
|
1 August 2007 |
49 US Congressmen air concern on
political killings in a letter to PGMA |
|
28 August 2007
|
House Bill 2263: An Act Defining
and Penalizing the Crime of enforced or
Involuntary Disappearances filed.
|
|
6 September 2007
|
Senator Escudero files Senate
Resolution 124 to review Witness protection
Program |
|
16 September 2007 |
Acting Secretary of Justice Agnes
VST Devanadera vows to prioritize EJK cases
|
|
7 October 2007 |
Task Force USIG reports 56
unexplained killings solved.
|
|
10 October 2007 |
DOJ gives prosecutors 60 days to
resolve unexplained killings |
|
29 October 2007 |
Un credits the Philippines
openness on probes on EJK cases
|
|
26 October 2007 |
Alston submits Fact Finding
Mission report to UN General Assembly
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