Ok, long thread coming up.

Not meant to be exhaustive , but I’ll try to discuss the procedural aspect in a nutshell. Prefacing w what I know comes from formal coursework on ICL & ICL procedure, plus a seminar organized by the Office of the Public Counsel for the Defence. The OTP request for authorization to open an investigation states that there is reasonable grounds to believe that the Crimes Against Humanity of Murder was committed from at least 1 July 2016 to 16 March 2019 in the context of the WoD.

A kwentong barbero thread (deals w/ gender dysphoria, gender identity)



I have never gotten a haircut from a barber in all of 31 years—that is, until today. Why is this significant to me? I have always seen barber shops as exclusive male spaces. I even flinched and hesitated upon seeing a “men’s haircut” poster, feeling the weight of the anxiety I carried for 31 years about how I identified. I paused, thinking if I betrayed a part of myself by even approaching the entrance.

Two years ago today, the Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board, established by RA 10368, became functus officio. The HRVCB was tasked to adjudicate Marcos-era claims. Out of 75k+ claims, 11k+ were approved for monetary reparations.

A thread on human rights law below.

1/n That’s around a 14-15% rate for the quasi-judicial finding of human rights violations. Does this mean that simply, there were not a lot of HRVs during the Marcos era? I can say this as someone involved in the process at some point: a resounding NO.

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