humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-158-2013 PHILIPPINES: Torturers and their victims: how the Anti-torture law is failing, and why After 22 years of advocacy and lobbying, the Philippines enacted the Anti-Torture Law in November 2009. This law is not an ordinary law. The Philippines became the first country in Southeast Asia to enact a domestic law on torture. In effect, this law means the country commits itself legally to the international community to enforce the principles of jus cogens or peremptory norm. It means freedom from torture is an absolute right.
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