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such, must be ensured by appropriate measures in fulfillment of the State's duty to

preserve archives and other evidence concerning violations of human rights and
humanitarian law and to facilitate knowledge of those violations. Such measures shall
be aimed at preserving the collective memory from extinction and, in particular, at
guarding against the development of revisionist and negationist arguments.

[88] Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly

resolution 2200A (XXI) of December 16, 1966, entry into force March 23, 1976, in
accordance with Article 49
(http.//www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspx, last accessed on
October 28, 2016).

[89] A.M. No. 07-9-12-SC, Effective on October 24, 2007.

[90] A.M. No. 08-1-16-SC, Effective on February 2, 2008.

[91] Reiterated in OCA Circular No. 103-07 dated October 16, 2007 and OCA Circular

No. 46-09 dated April 20, 2009.

[92] VI. Treatment of victims

10. Victims should be treated with humanity and respect for their dignity and human
rights, and appropriate measures should be taken to ensure their safety, physical and
psychological well-being and privacy, as well as those of their families. The State should
ensure that its domestic laws, to the extent possible, provide that a victim who has
suffered violence or trauma should benefit from special consideration and care to avoid
his or her re-traumatization in the course of legal and administrative procedures
designed to provide justice and reparation.

[93] Originated from A.O. No. 101 dated Docember 13, 1988 and A.O. No. 29 dated

January 27, 2002.

[94] Sec. 4 of R.A. No. 10086.

[95] Sec. 5 ofR.A. No. 10086.

[96] Id.

[97] Approved on March 26, 2010.

[98] Approved on May 12, 2010 and took effect on June 13, 2010.

[99] Sec. 2 of R.A. 10066 and Sec. 2 of R.A. 10086.

[100] Id.

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