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    The Philippines had struggled on their endeavor to take on morallyfraught challenges in the field of human Rights, especially, on violence. The goal was to get the consensus on what violence was, or wasn't. The ball is now in the hands of concerned government and civil agencies.

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    The Philippines had struggled on their endeavor to take on morallyfraught challenges in the field of human Rights, especially, on violence. The goal was to get the consensus on what violence was, or wasn't. The ball is now in the hands of concerned government and civil agencies.

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    The Philippines had struggled on their endeavor to take on morallyfraught challenges in the field of human Rights, especially, on violence. The goal was to get the consensus on what violence was, or wasn't. The ball is now in the hands of concerned government and civil agencies.

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    INTRODUCTION

    Aswithanydemocracyexpressingdiscomfortinitsbirthpangs,thePhilippines
    hadstruggledontheirendeavortotakeonmorallyfraughtchallengesinthefieldofHuman
    Rights,especially,onviolence.TheworstofabusessurfacedwhenPhilippinedemocracywas
    stillveryyoungandtheseinjusticeshappenedtoaconsiderablenumberofFilipinos.

    Bereftofthewidercontextneededtothoroughlyunderstandthesubjectmatter
    whichmaybeabitambiguousonsomedefinitions,thegoalwastogettheconsensuson
    whatviolencewas,orwasnt.Tonotaskandpursuethequestionsshelterspotentialcriminal
    liabilities.Tonotact,producestimidityincircumstanceswherecourageandtheclear
    assumptionofresponsibilitybestservethepublicinterest.

    SotheveilwasliftedandlawsonViolenceAgainstWomenandTheirChildren,
    onChildrenInConflictWithTheLaw,andthatagainstTorturewereenacted,andsubsequent
    reformsweresetupfortherecognitionoftheissues,theirprevention,thelegalmeasures
    victimscouldresortto,andhopefullythoughimpossible,theeliminationofallformsof
    violenceandabuses.

    Thelegislaturehadaddressedthechallengeandtheballisnowinthehandsof
    concernedgovernmentandcivilagencies,andinallofuscitizensforthesearemattersof
    paramountimportanceandviolationsofsuchwilldenyusourfundamentalmoralentitlements.
    Abusesofanykindandinanyformwouldmakeusmen,women,childrenseeminglyless
    thanhumanundeservingofdignityandrespect.

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