AFP chief seeks cooperation with rights bodies over NPA abuses
By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News
Published January 17, 2021 8:39pm
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Gilbert Gapay directed military units to enhance their coordination with human rights bodies to flag abuses committed by the communist New People's Army.
"Let us endeavor to raise all violations of human rights and international humanitarian law to legitimate organizations that are mandated to protect and promote the well-being of non-combatants," Gapay said in a conference attended by top military officers on Friday.
The AFP earlier submitted to the United Nations (UN) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) a list of 532 incidents of attacks on civilians allegedly perpetrated the NPA since 2010.