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CHR BACKS BILL ON REPORTING OF DEATHS IN PRISONS

Senator Dick Gordon welcomed the Commission on Human Rights (CHR)’s support to a measure mandating accurate reporting of deaths and illnesses of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and detained children in conflict with the law (CICL). Gordon, who chairs the Senate justice and human rights committee, said CHR’s support to Senate Bill (SB) 1771, also […]

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DUTERTE SIGNS INTO LAW GORDON-SPONSORED JUDGES-AT-LARGE ACT OF 2018

Senator Dick Gordon expressed gratitude for the signing of Senate Bill No. 1681, or the Judges-at-Large Act of 2018, by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. The objective of the bill, which Gordon sponsored, is to address the increasing number of pending trials in courts and to solve the congestion of court dockets through the creation of […]