IBON International
December 11, 2023
The UDHR recognises that unless human rights is protected by the rule of law, people will be โcompelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression.โ We witness this in Palestine. This is also happening in Burma, West Papua, India, and the Philippines.
In the Philippines, belligerent forces represented by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), and the current government, both announced intent to resume peace talks in late November. Brutal counterinsurgency efforts by the Philippine government, implemented with an โanti-terrorโ pretense, have not quelled revolutionary movements struggling for national sovereignty from US power, and democratic rights primarily based on land redistribution to landless peasants.
This recent development foregrounds Philippine social movementsโ demand for peace based on social justice. A key component of social justice is the realisation of the full range of peopleโs economic, social, cultural, and civil-political rights, possible through political sovereignty and the democratic governance over resources and development. Working towards just peace also entails holding perpetrators of gross injustices and rights violations to account, from atrocities during Marcos Sr.โs Martial Law, to Duterteโs brutal drug war and counterinsurgency which are continued by the current administration of Marcos Jr.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ-๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 75๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐.