Updated October 18, 2012 10:47 AM
MANILA, Philippines - International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged President Aquino to sign into law a bill criminalizing enforced disappearances in the Philippines.
The rights group said that a law criminalizing enforced disappearances in the Philippines would be the first in Asia.
"It would demonstrate the Philippine government's commitment to address human rights abuses such as the abduction and killing by the security forces of activists, environmentalists and journalists," HRW said in a statement.
The two chambers of Congress have ratified the conference committee report on the proposed Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012.
Local rights groups have been throwing allegations at the military and the police of committing enforced disappearance.
The most famous case of enforced disappearance in the country is that of activist agriculturist Jonas Burgos in Bulacan province five years ago. Female state university students, Sherlyn Capan and Karen Empeno, are also victims of enforced disappearance.
Relatives of the victims as well as rights groups helping them pursue the cases believe that the military is involved in the abductions.
“Enforced disappearances, often involving torture and extrajudicial killings, have been a blot on the Philippines’ human rights record since the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship,” said Brad Adams, HRW's director.
He said that even during the administration of President Aquino, abductions allegedly involving authorities continue.
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