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Vol. 5, No. 1 - Obligations Beyond Borders - December 2013

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Vol. 4, No. 2 - Actual Impunity - December 2012

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Vol. 4, No. 1 - Peaceful Protest - June 2012

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Vol. 3, No. 2 - Red Baiting - December 2011

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Vol. 3, No. 1 - Political Changes in the Philippines - July 2011

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Vol. 2, No. 2 - Political Killings - December 2010

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Vol. 2, No. 1 - Human Rights Defenders - February 2010

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  Vol. 5, No. 1 - Obligations Beyond Borders - December 2013

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  Vol. 4, No. 2 - Actual Impunity - December 2012

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  Vol. 4, No. 1 - Peaceful Protest - June 2012

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  Vol. 3, No. 2 - Red Baiting - December 2011

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  Vol. 3, No. 1 - Political Changes in the Philippines - July 2011

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  Vol. 2, No. 2 - Political Killings - December 2010

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  Vol. 2, No. 1 - Human Rights Defenders - February 2010

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  Vol. 1, No. 1 - Criminalizations - September 2009

 

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Vol. 5, No. 1 - Obligations Beyond Borders - December 2013

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Observer Vol. 5 No. 1 - Obligations Beyond Borders - December 2013, English Version

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Cover, Contents & Editorial
Protection through Litigation
Human Rights
Combating Human Rights Violations
The Myth of Gold and a Better Life in Mindanao
Widen the Perspective
Benetton, Others Tied to Bangladesh Factory Disaster
Drivers of Human Rights Violations in South Sudan
IPON and the Instrument of Human Rights Observation & Aims and Scope

Vol. 4, No. 2 - Actual Impunity - December 2012

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Cover, Contents & Editorial
Reflections on the premises of the legal state
Finally peace in Mindanao? The challenge is to take the challenge for themselves
Nurturing monsters - legal and political confrontation with the Maguindanao massacre
Blessing or curse? - The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 and its implementation
'Money can't buy me love' - but maybe law...
The true nature of mining - unsustainable, irresponsible, dirty and costs lives
Oplan Bayanihan - from Good Intentions to Impunity
When self-interest thwarts the constitution - The struggle of the farmers in Negros for the implementation of their rights
Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Leases - The Right to Food versus the Right to Development
Rosarno - Oranges, Ndrangetha Mafia, Economic Hardship and Race Riots
In Mauritania - no slavery without impunity
Justice kept aside in the Institution of Impunity - A critical sketch of Nepal
IPON and the Instrument of Human Rights Observation & Aims and Scope

Vol. 4, No. 1 - Peaceful Protest - June 2012

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Observer Vol. 4 No. 1 - Peaceful Protest - June 2012, English Version - Intro

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Cover, Contents & Editorial
The Long Tradition of Non-Violent Protest in the Philippines
Non-Violent Tools in the Struggle for Human Rights on Negros
“Why is it that it needs a person dying for our voice to be heard?”
No Violence!
As Old and Young as Mountains
The Power of the Public – A Phenomenological Approach on Recent Historical Events
The Emergence of Peaceful Protest in Egypt under Mubarak
Spring in Civil War
Industry Against Nature – Peaceful Protests in the North of Peru
Creative, Basic Democratic and Peaceful Protest in Germany
Occupy: From Wall Street Around the Globe and to Manila
Peace Zones: War-Torn Communities’ Attempt of Self-Protection
The Philippines – A Country Without Human Rights?
IPON and the Instrument of Human Rights Observation & Aims and Scope

Vol. 3, No. 2 - Red Baiting - December 2011

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Observer Vol. 3, No. 2 - Red Baiting - December 2011, English Version

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Cover, Contents & Editorial

Red-Baiting in the Philippines: Civil Society Under General Suspicion

The Violence of Red-Baiting Against Civil Society

Red-Baiting: A Tool of Repression, Then and Now

Review: Conference on Red-Baiting in the Philippines

Monologue by CHR: “Red-Baiting and Human Rights”

The EU and Extra-Judicial Killings in the Philippines

Negros and the Years Before the Final Curtain Falls

Terrorists or Terrorised? Abu Sayyaf-Baiting in the Philippines

Indigenous Group in Central Mindanao Struggles for Homeland

Arbitrary Act by the Police in Dresden

Red-Baiting as Part of the Counter-Insurgency Strategy in Peru of the 1980s and 1990s

IPON and the Instrument of Human Rights Observation & Aims and Scope

Vol. 3, No. 1 - Political Changes in the Philippines - July 2011

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Observer Vol. 3, No. 1 - Political Changes in the Philippines - July 2011, English Version

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Cover, Contents & Editorial

Political Changes – Changes in Human Rights Policies? A Record

Keeping up the Momentum: Human Rights Policy in the Philippines

Towards Ending Impunity in the Philippines – The Role of Civic Action & Judicial Processes

Aquino Administration’s Human Rights Direction: Traversing a Straight Path?

Civilian Protection Component of the International Monitoring Team

High Expectations of President Aquino – The View of Local HRDs

Fruitless Actions – How State-Agencies Protect HRD in Areas with “Landlord Resistance" & Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth Cutting Down Corruption in Public Office?

Witness Protection – Remaining Challenge or Unmet Promise?

The Question of Red Baiting in the Philippines: More than Obstruction of NGO Work

Ikaw na ba, Ginoong Aquino? – Are you the man, Mr. Aquino?

Slum Fires in Manila – Evolving Conflict between Urban Poor and Private Property Owners

From Marcos to Another Aquino: Impunity, Accountability and Transnational Justice

IPON and the Instrument of Human Rights Observation & Aims and Scope

Vol. 2, No. 2 - Political Killings - December 2010

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Observer Vol. 2, No. 2 - Political Killings - December 2010, English Version

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Cover, Contents & Editorial

Extrajudicial killings – a human rights crisis

Discussing the legality of ‘targeted killings’

Patrimonial power structures and political violence

Political Journalists - A threatened species

Political Killings in San Narciso

The long Fight ­­ Freedom and Equity

“We know that we are on the right way”

Violence and Nullum Ius in the Philippines

Demanding an end of human rights violations in the Philippines

Which strategies are successful for the prevention of political murder?

IPON and the Instrument of Human Rights Observation & Aims and Scope

Vol. 2, No. 1 - Human Rights Defenders - February 2010

English Version

Observer Vol. 2, No. 1 - Human Rights Defenders - February 2010, English Version

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Cover, Contents & Editorial

Definition of Human Rights Defenders and the Framework for their Protection

Fighting Hunger with Hunger Strike: The Dangerous Live of a Human Rights Defender

More than just Farmers - The KMBP in Bondoc Peninsula

Still a long way ahead

The new Agrarian Reform Program – A Tool to Prevent Criminalisation?

Interview with EU-Commission: “The Guidelines are Part of our Work”

Security Problems after Land Transfer

Review: Qualitative Analysis: Human Rights Observation and Personal Security

News; IPON and the Instrument of Human Rights Observation & Aims and Scope

Vol. 1, No. 1 - Criminalizations - September 2009

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Tagalog Version

Observer Vol.1, No.1 - Criminalizations - September 2009, English Version

Observer Vol.1, No.1 - Criminalizations - September 2009, Tagalog Version

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Cover, Contents & Editorial

Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders in Agrarian Conflict - Structural Considerations

Politically Motivated Accusations – The Role of the Prosecutors

Who Has Stolen How Many Coconuts of Whom? Impression of a Human Rights Observer

The Impact of Criminalization on Human Rights Defenders

Proceedings on Fair Jurisdiction in Rural Areas in the Philippines

IPON and the Instrument of Human Rights Observation & Aims and Scope

OBSERVER: offers a forum for analysis, strategies and debates regarding human rights observation in the Philippines with a focus on human rights defenders. How does the implementation of the UN Human Rights Charta is performed by Philippine Institutions? Which are the elemental dangers human rights defenders in the Philippines are exposed to? These are some of the possible topics. Comparisons with other countries will expand the handling and perspectives of human rights observation. Each publication has its own thematic emphasis.

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