Miriam: MILF rebels committed war crimes
By Angie M. Rosales 10/25/2011Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago yesterday said that if required by military necessity, government armed forces in Mindanao should be authorized to enter rebel havens described by the existing ceasefire agreement as “areas of temporary stay.”
Santiago said that a new Philippine criminal law defines “military necessity” as “employing measures which are otherwise indispensable to achieve a legitimate aim of the conflict and are not otherwise prohibited by international humanitarian law.”
The senator cited Republic Act 9871, known as the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law.
The new law declares the state policy “to put an end to impunity,” thus echoing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, to which the Philippines recently became a party..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111025hed2.html
1 comment
hey, milf, you committed war crimes, says sen. miriam. eh si abs? sedition siguro for supporting the rebels over government soldiers.
"Santiago said that a new Philippine criminal law defines “military necessity” as “employing measures which are otherwise indispensable to achieve a legitimate aim of the conflict and are not otherwise prohibited by international humanitarian law.”
"The senator cited Republic Act 9871, known as the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law."
Post a Comment