Philippine : has land reform changed land ownership concentration?

> Philippine Institute for Development Studies , 2007, 12 pages

Possession of vast lands is a major representation of wealth in the Philippines - a privilege enjoyed largely by the ruling class since the colonial era. This ownership of huge tracts of land has resulted in numerous political, social, and economic inequalities. This edition of Development Research News addresses these disparities. The authors argue that the cause of failed land reform policies lies in the authorities having ignored the evasion tactics of landowners. These tactics have (...) read

date of on-line publication : 25 September 2007

The sentence of the Permanent People’s Tribunal

The sentence of the Permanent People’s Tribunal session on the situation of human rights in the Philippines.The session took place in the Hague from the 21th to the 25th March 2007. More information :http://www.philippinetribunal.org/ read

date of on-line publication : 25 June 2007

Amnesty International

Philippines : political killings, human rights and the peace process

Numbers of political killings in the Philippines are increasing for a second year, with at least 51 killings in the first six months of 2006 compared to 66 collated by Amnesty International in the whole of 2005. The leadership of the armed insurgency has threatened to form retaliatory assassination squads. The killings follow a pattern of unidentified men shooting leftist party members before escaping on motorcycle and have taken place in the context of an intensified counter-insurgency (...) read

date of on-line publication : 23 November 2006