The Imperative of Justice
The Imperative of Justice
From the time of his inauguration up to the present, President Benigno Aquino III has not made any policy statement or measure that would push for human rights. It is as if human rights and civil liberties were not under attack during the previous administration.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Analysis
Bulatlat.com
The dispensation of justice and the implementation of sweeping reforms for human rights have been necessary for countries that have emerged after years of being under a dictatorship. This has been true in Argentina. President Roberto Alfosín who was democratically elected after the last of four military juntas acceeded power ordered the prosecution of known junta and terrorist leaders; signed international human rights treaties; and ordered the formation of Argentina’s truth commission “National Commission on Disappeared Persons,” (CONADEP). CONADEP produced a report 50,000 pages long, which listed names of 9,000 disappeared persons and locations of 365 detention centers. The report was summarized and published in a book entitled, “Never Again”.
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