A legal framework creating a balance between the state’s national defense policy and human rights

• Main Author: Grafil, Deogracias Chio, II
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Human rights—Philippines; National security—Philippines; Defense and Security Studies; Human Rights Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6488; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/12939/viewcontent/CDTG004487_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The human rights violations in the Philippines have alarmingly increased in the past few years. The Philippine Constitution, as well as the treaties that the Philippines has become a signatory of, mandates that human rights should be vigilantly upheld at all times. However, the government also has t...