AN ACT IMPROVING PHILIPPINE COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION AND PROTECTION BY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY MECHANISMS FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE OCCURRENCE AND THE PROTECTION FROM ADVERSE EFFECTS OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT FOR HOSPITALIZATION EXPENSES, AND OTHER BENEFITS, TO CIVILIANS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE BETWEEN REBELS AND THE MILITARY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR REASONABLE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE LOSS OF LIVES, INJURIES AND DAMAGES TO PROPERTY SUFFERED BY NON-COMBATANT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COURSE OF OPERATIONS BY THE MILITARY, POLICE AND/OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED MILITARY TAKE OVER CAUSING THE DISPLACEMENT OF SOME 1,700 RESIDENTS FROM FIFTEEN LUMAD COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLIGHT OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED CHILDREN IN MINDANAO, PARTICULARLY ON REPORTS THAT MANY OF THEM ARE MISSING SCHOOL DUE TO THE CONTINUING ARMED CONFLICT IN THE REGION

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEES ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY; AND PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY AS WELL AS THE PEACE AND ORDER SITUATION IN MINDANAO AMID THE CONTINUING HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY AND THE ABU SAYYAF RENEGADES IN THE PROVINCE OF BASILAN, WHERE A CONTINING WAR MIGHT SPREAD THE TENSION NOT ONLY IN THE WHOLE REGION OF MINDANAO BUT WORSE IN THE ENTIRE ARCHIPELAGO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SERIES OF REPORTED INCIDENCE ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF CHILDREN AS CHILD SOLDIERS IN ARMED CONFLICTS IN MINDANAO AND OTHER CRITICAL AREAS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF URGING THE PARTIES INVOLVED TO COMPLY WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL TREATY OBLIGATIONS ON THE NON-ENGAGEMENT OF CHILD SOLDIERS IN COMBAT SITUATIONS AND TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD MAINSTREAM THE ISSUE OF CHILD SOLDIERS INTO THE PRIORITY AGENDA OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE RISING INCIDENCE OF RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN AS CHILD SOLDIERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS AND PROGRESS OF THE PEACE PROCESS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED KILLING AND MAIMING OF FILIPINO CHILDREN IN AREAS OF ARMED CONFLICT, AND FOR THE PEACE AND CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND REBEL GROUPS TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED DREADFUL EFFECTS OF ARMED AND POLITICAL CONFLICTS TO CHILD SURVIVAL IN THE PHILIPPINES