A study on the arbitrary detention of Rescued children in the Philippines
Issued Date
2024
Copyright Date
2017
Resource Type
Language
eng
File Type
application/pdf
No. of Pages/File Size
vi, 89 leaves
Access Rights
open access
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ผลงานนี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล ขอสงวนไว้สำหรับเพื่อการศึกษาเท่านั้น ต้องอ้างอิงแหล่งที่มา ห้ามดัดแปลงเนื้อหา และห้ามนำไปใช้เพื่อการค้า
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Mahidol University
Bibliographic Citation
Thesis (M.A. (Human Rights and Democratisation))--Mahidol University, 2017
Suggested Citation
Suamen, Louise Duhaylungsod, 1989- A study on the arbitrary detention of Rescued children in the Philippines. Thesis (M.A. (Human Rights and Democratisation))--Mahidol University, 2017. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/92458
Title
A study on the arbitrary detention of Rescued children in the Philippines
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Advisor(s)
Abstract
A little over ten years since the Juvenile and Justice Welfare Act of 2006 (JJWA) has been passed in the Philippines, lapses and gaps in the implementation still persist resulting to child rights violations against children-in-conflict-with-the-law (CICL) and children-at-risk (CAR). One violation is the continuing deprivation of liberty to children. Despite the current law that mandates children to not be placed in jails, children 'rescued' during curfew operations or in similar instances (i.e. children committing status offenses) are still arbitrarily detained in makeshift detention areas at barangay (village) halls and at police stations under conditions similar to that of prison. These children are susceptible to further atrocities and abuses by authorities, from the onset of 'rescue' or arrest to their indefinite arbitrary detention. This study attempted to bridge the gap of awareness and knowledge of the situation and conditions of CAR and CICL during 'rescue' and detention. It used qualitative research through semi-structured interviews with key-informants, case studies from interviews with former children in contact with the justice system, and review of related studies, the juvenile justice law, and the standard operating procedure of handling CAR and CICL. Findings showed that children, coined as 'ghost child prisoners' or 'police child prisoners', are continually locked up in jails or detention centers under prison-like conditions and abusive treatment. Such atrocities remain to be either inadvertently or deliberately made unseen and invisible. This research posited criminalizing children coupled with the culture of punishment averts the government from fully adhering to the juvenile justice law.
Description
Human Rights and Democratisation (Mahidol University 2017)
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Degree Level
Master's degree
Degree Department
Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies
Degree Discipline
Human Rights and Democratisation
Degree Grantor(s)
Mahidol University