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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.