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Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr., chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights, underlined the necessity of adopting measures to assist battle what he called “the culture of impunity” on Friday.

Abante said in a statement that “we need to be proactive and implement a human rights-based approach to law, and adopt a whole-of-nation approach to human rights policies, strategies, and programs of action.” Abante made the comment in his earlier this week privilege speech.

This is why, according to him, two “crucial measures”—those meant to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), the Human Rights Defenders’ Protection Act, which aims to protect human rights advocates, and bills strengthening the rights commission—are among the eight priority measures the Committee on Human Rights plans to pass in the 19th Congress.

These steps, which are among the panel’s top priorities, would help stop catastrophes like the Ampatuan Massacre, which occurred 13 years ago, and other violations of the nation’s human rights, according to Abante. We cannot wait for another Ampatuan Massacre to take innocent lives; we must act now.

The Ampatuan Massacre, commonly referred to as the single deadliest incident for journalists in history, took place on November 23, 2009, and resulted in the massacre of 58 men and women, including 34 journalists.

Former Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. and former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan were found guilty of 57 counts of murder and given life in prison without the possibility of parole ten years after the disaster. 28 of their co-defendants, including police officers, were also found guilty on 57 charges of murder and given 40 years in prison.

Powerful government figures and even police officers participating, according to Abante, “is proof that if we allow the culture of impunity to rule unchallenged, it can have disastrous and lethal effects.”

With the right assistance, he argued, “human rights activists could help pull out the weeds of impunity before they take root and grow.” We can start by strengthening human rights defenders and safeguarding them by saying, “Our attention should be on finding methods to create an environment that encourages respect for human rights.

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