AFP personnel urged to also act as human rights defenders
ASIDE FROM being the mandated defenders of the people and the state, all Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel must be able to act as human rights officers.
AFP Human Rights Office chief, Col. Joel Alejandro Nacnac, made the call following the virtual participation of 300 military personnel in the 2020 Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Summit on Dec. 11. The AFP shall continue to adhere to human rights, IHL, and the rule of law. As participants of this summit, we are expected to guard these rights in our communities and areas of responsibility, Nacnac said in a statement Sunday.