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June 10, 2020 | 12:00am. Last week, the Senate’s version of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 was approved by the House of Representatives. President Duterte is expected to sign the bill into law ...
Dec 9, 2021 · On 3 July 2020, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020”, which replaced the Human Security Act of 2007. Amnesty International had called on the Philippine government to reject the law on the basis that it contained dangerous provisions and risked further undermining human rights in the country ...
country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. It is essential that problematic provisions are removed from the legislation before it is finalised. On 3 June 2020, the House of Representatives approved House Bill (HB) 6875 or the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” on final reading, rejecting all attempts to introduce amendments to the bill.
- Who Is A Terrorist Individual
- What Is A Terrorist Organization
- Jurisdiction and Scope of Application
- What Is Not Considered Terrorism
- Terrorism
- Threat to Commit Terrorism
- Planning, Training, Preparing, and Facilitating The Commission of Terrorism
- Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism
- Proposal to Commit Terrorism
- Inciting to Commit Terrorism
A “terrorist individual” is a natural person who commits any of the following proscribed acts: 1. (i) Terrorism; 2. (ii) Threat to commit terrorism; 3. (iii) Planning, training, preparing and facilitating the commission of terrorism; 4. (iv) Conspiracy to commit terrorism; 5. (v) Proposal to commit terrorism; 6. (vi) Inciting to commit terrorism; 7...
A “terrorist organization” or “terrorist group” is: (1) any entity organized for the purpose of engaging in terrorism; or (2) any group of persons, organization or association who commits any of the acts enumerated above; or (3) United Nations Security Council-designated terrorist organization. The proposed law provides the procedure for proscripti...
The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020has extraterritorial application. The proposed law applies to the following: 1. (1) Any person who commits the proscribed actswithin the territorial limits or jurisdiction of the Philippines. 1. (2) A Filipino citizen or national who commits any of the proscribed actsoutside the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippi...
Terrorism does not include advocacy, protest, dissent, stoppage of work, industrial or mass action, and other similar exercises of civil and political rights, which are not intended to cause death or serious physical harm to a person, to endanger a person’s life, or to create a serious risk to public safety.
To constitute the crime of terrorism, the purpose of the act, by its nature and context, must be to: (i) intimidate the general public or a segment thereof, create an atmosphere or spread a message of fear; (ii) provoke or influence by intimidation the government or any of its international organization; (iii) seriously destabilize or destroy the f...
Any person who shall threaten to commit any of the above-enumerated acts of terrorism shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of 12 years.
It shall be unlawful for any person to participate in the planning, training, preparation and facilitation in the commission of terrorism, possessing objects connected with the preparation for the commission of terrorism, or collecting or making documents connected with the preparation of terrorism. “Training” refers to the giving of instruction or...
There is conspiracy when two or more persons come to an agreement concerning the commission of terrorismand decide to commit the same. Any conspiracy to commit terrorism shall be penalized by life imprisonment without the benefit of parole.
Proposal to commit terrorism is committed when a person who has decided to commit any of the proscribed actsproposes its execution to some other person or persons. Any person who proposes to commit terrorism shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of 12 years.
A person commits inciting to commit terrorism when, without taking any direct part in the commission of terrorism, he/she incites others to the execution of any of the above-enumerated acts of terrorism by means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, banners or other representations tending to the same end. The imposable penalty is imprison...
Jul 21, 2020 · Ezra Acayan/Getty Images. Updated at 5:12 p.m. ET. Petitions have piled up at the Philippines' Supreme Court to overturn a new anti-terrorism law championed by President Rodrigo Duterte, which ...
Jan 19, 2021 · Tweet. President Rodrigo Duterte signed on July 3, 2020 Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA). It repealed the Human Security Act (HSA) of 2007 and expanded the powers of the executive department and law enforcement officers in addressing the country’s growing security challenges. ATA was widely denounced in different ...
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May 19, 2021 · MANILA, Philippines — After nine settings in nearly four months, the Supreme Court on May 17 wrapped up the oral arguments on the 37 consolidated petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 ...
