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No to Lowering the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility!

JJCICSI joins the Philippine Action for Youth Offenders (PAYO) and the Child Rights Network (CRN) in opposing the proposed lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR). Below is our position paper. [pdf-embedder url=”http://www.jjcicsi.org.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PAYO-and-CRN-Position-Paper-on-MACR.pdf”]

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Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances

The Magna Carta of Women, Republic Act (RA) 9710, is a comprehensive law that seeks to eliminate discrimination against women by recognizing, protecting, fulfilling, and promoting their rights. Enacted in 2009, the law is a domestic translation of the Philippines’ commitment to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against…

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Democracy ‘vs,’ nay, ‘means’ discipline

Dichotomies are rather popular lately. Filipino Catholics were recently dared to abandon a “hypocritical institution” because a “new religion” has emerged to bring about change, and the bandwagon leaves those who disagree; in short, continuity versus change. Wolf-whistling and catcalling are forms of compliment, a popular lawyer tells us, so…

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Duterte The Profane and the sacredness of life

Prolife advocates have been awfully quiet lately. Quieter, anyway, than in the 2013 elections. In 2013, Christian prolife groups nationwide declared war on candidates who supported the Reproductive Health (RH) Law. Their focus on the law as a litmus test for a Christian vote might have left little room for…

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