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＜事件　No. PHL001/1005/OBS092＞
掲載日：2005.10.10

No.3777フィリピン
労組活動家2人が超法規的に処刑されました。

（ジュネーブ・パリ発：10月17日）

　「国際人権連盟」(FIDH)と「SOSトーチャー」の共同プロジェクトである「人権擁護家保護のための監視機構」は、フィリピンにおける下記の状況に関して皆様の働きかけをお願いします。　

＜事件の概要＞

　人権擁護家のための監視機構は「フィリピン人権擁護者連合(PAHLA)」より、フィリピン従業員組合委員長であり、5月1日運動・南タガログ労働者連合(KMU-PAMANTIK)会長兼アナクパウィス−南タガログ会長であるディオスダド・フォルチュナ（カ・フォルト）さんと、KMU−カラガ支部副支部長でありアンドレス・ソリアノ大学職員組合委員長兼ACT-BISILIG会長兼クマワス・ブリス（ビスリグ内の２地区）運転手・操縦士協会(DOCUBA)会長兼ビスリグ市運輸協会連合総書記(BCATA)兼カスティーヨ・バゴン・リプナン住宅所有者協会(CBLHA)会長のヴィクトリア・サモンテさんが超法規的に処刑されたという情報を入手しました。

　情報によると、2005年9月23日午後5時頃、ディオスダド・フォルチュナさんはビスリグ市パシアノ・バランガイの自宅にバイクで帰る途中、ラグナのカンルバンで数名の見知らぬ男たちに襲われました。男たちはフォルチュナさんの胸部に向けて2発撃ち、目撃者に運び込まれたカランバ病院で死亡が宣告されました。

　2005年9月30日の午後9時40分頃、ヴィクトリア・サモンテさんは同僚のマンスウェタ・サンチェスさんとアンドレス・ソリアノ大学からマンカロゴ・バランガイにあるブリス・プロジェクトの事務所に向かうため、三輪タクシーに乗りました。大学から100メートルほど離れたところで男が運転手を呼び止め、乗ろうとしました。運転手は最初、すでに客が乗っているので断りましたが、男の行き先が同じ方向だったためサモンテさんが同乗を許しました。サンチェスさんが前に座るようすすめたにもかかわらず、男はタクシーの後部座席の彼女の隣に座りました。途中でサモンテさんが2度、その男に具体的な行き先を尋ねましたが、男は「もっと遠くに」行くのだと繰り返すだけでした。

　サモンテさんとサンチェスさんはとうとう目的地の近くに来ましたが、サモンテさんは運転手に、男を先に目的地で降ろすよう頼みました。三輪タクシーがブリス・プロジェクト事務所から100メートルほど離れた暗い処にさしかかると、男は車を降り、道路沿いに少し歩いてからバイクに乗りました。

　サモンテさんが突然背中を刺されたのに気づき、サンチェスさんはナイフを背中から引き抜きました。サモンテさんは近くの病院に運ばれましたが、到着時に死亡を宣告されました。

　監視機構はディオスダド・フォルチュナさんとヴィクトリア・サモンテさんの殺害を強く非難し、これらの事件は、彼らの経済的社会的権利および労働組合の権利のための活動に関係していると考えます。監視機構は、これらの事件が1998年12月9日に国連総会が採択した「人権擁護家保護のための宣言」の全条文、とりわけ、「国家は、この宣言に掲げられた権利を正当に行使した結果としてのあらゆる暴力、脅迫、報復、事実上のあるいは法律上の敵意に満ちた差別、圧力、あるいはその他のあらゆる恣意的な行為に反対し、すべての者を、個々にまたは他の者と共同して、権限ある当局によって確実に保護するための、すべての必要な措置をとるべきである」とした第12.2条に甚だしく違反していると考えます。

＜行動要請＞

　フィリピン関係当局に以下の内容の要請をお願いします。

  1. 犯人を特定し、裁判に付し、犯罪の重さに応じた判決を言い渡すために、これら事件について公正中立で独立した調査を実施すること。
  2. 被害者の家族に適切な補償が提供されるよう保障すること。
  3. 人権擁護家に対するあらゆる形態の暴力を終わらせる措置をただちにとり、いかなる情況にあろうとも、フィリピンで人権擁護家と人権組織が本来の活動を遂行できるよう保障すること。
  4. 国連人権擁護家に関する宣言の条文、とりわけ、「すべての者は、個々にまた他の者と共同して、国内、国際レベルにおいて人権および基本的自由の保護ならびに実現を伸長、奨励する権利を有する」とした第1条と、「国家は、この宣言に掲げられた権利を正当に行使した結果としてのあらゆる暴力、脅迫、報復、事実上のあるいは法律上の敵意に満ちた差別、圧力、あるいはその他のあらゆる恣意的な行為に反対し、すべての者を、個々にまたは他の者と共同して、権限ある当局によって確実に保護するための、すべての必要な措置をとるべきである」とした第12.2条に従うこと。
  5. 世界人権宣言のすべての条文と、フィリピンが加盟している地域的および国際的人権メカニズムの条件に従うこと。

＜要請先＞

アロヨ大統領：Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines, New Executive Building, Malacanang Palace Compound, J.P. Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila, Philippines, Fax:+632 735 6192; +632 736 1010, Email: opnet@ops.gov.ph; corres@op.gov.ph

国防大臣：Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr., Department of National Defense, 3rd Floor, DND Building, Camp Aguinaldo, EDSA, Quezon City, Philippines, Fax: +632 911 6213, Email: sndcruz@dnd.gov.ph; ajcruz@dnd.gov.ph

法務大臣：Hon. Raul M. Gonzalez, Secretary, Department of Justice, Padre Faura Street,1004, Manila, Philippines, Email: sad@doj.gov.ph

人権委員会委員長：Hon. Purificacion Valera Quisumbing, Chairperson, The Commission on Human Rights, SAAC Building, Commonwealth Avenue, U.P. Complex, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Fax: +632 929-0102, Email: drpvq@chr.gov.ph

警視総監：Arturo C. Lomibao, Police Director General, Chief, Philippine National Police, National Headquarters, PNP Camp Crame, Quezon City, Philippines

下院人権委員会委員長：Hon. Loretta Ann Rosales, Chairperson of the Committee on Human Rights, House of Representatives, Batasan Hills, Quezon City, Philippines, Fax: +632 931 6288, Email: conglapr@nsclub.net

上院議員：Hon. Francis Pangilinan, Senator, The Senate, Rm. 526 GSIS Bldg., Financial Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines, Fax: +632 552-6747, Email: kilosko2004@yahoo.com

国連大使：Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo, Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations in Geneva, Avenue Blanc 47, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: +41 (0)22 716 19 32, Email: mission.philippines@ties.itu.int


＜手紙の例文＞

例文を添付いたします。手紙を出されるときにご活用ください。

Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
President of the Republic of the Philippines
New Executive Building, Malacanang Palace Compound
J.P. Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila
Philippines

Dear President Arroyo,

I am writing you to express my concern over the killings of two labour union activists, namely, Mr. Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna and Ms. Victoria Samonte, both are KMU officers in southern Tagalog. I would like to urge you the following:

  1. To conduct a fair, impartial and independent inquiry into these events, in order to identify the perpetrators, bring them to justice and pronounce sentences proportional to the gravity of the crime;
  2. To guarantee that adequate reparation is provided to the families of the victims;
  3. To adopt immediate measures to put an end to all acts of violence against human rights defenders and guarantee in all circumstances that human rights defenders and organisations are able to carry out their work in the Philippines;
  4. To comply with the provisions of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, in particular article 1, which states that "everyone has the right, individually or in association with others, to promote the protection and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels", and above-mentioned article 12.2, which states that "the State shall take all necessary measures to ensure the protection by the competent authorities of everyone, individually and in association with others, against any violence, threats, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination, pressure or any other arbitrary action as a consequence of his or her legitimate exercise of the rights referred to in the present Declaration";
  5. To comply with the terms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and regional and international mechanisms concerning human rights, to which the Philippines are a party.

I thank you for your kind attention to my request.

Yours truly,

＜以下、原文＞
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY
PHL 001/1005/OBS 092
Extra-judiciary killings
Philippines

October 17, 2005

The Observatory for the protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the Philippines.

Brief description of the situation:

The Observatory has been informed by the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) of the extrajudicial killings of Mr. Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna, president of the Filipino Employees Union, chairman of the Unity of Workers in Southern Tagalog - May First Movement (PAMANTIK-KMU) and chairman of Anakpawis-Southern Tagalog, and of Ms. Victoria Samonte, regional vice-president of May First Movement, Caraga section (KMU-CARAGA), president of the Andres Soriano College Employees Union, chairperson of ACT-BISLIG, president of Drivers and Operators of Cumawas and Bliss (two districts of Bislig) Association (DOCUBA), general secretary of the Bislig City Alliance of Transport Association (BCATA), and president of the Castillo Bagong Lipunan Homeowners Association (CBLHA).

According to the information received, on September 23, 2005, at about 5 p.m., Mr. Diosdado Fortuna was riding a motorcycle on his way home to Barangay Paciano, Bislig, when he was suddenly attacked by several unidentified persons in Canlubang, Laguna. The men shot twice at him in the chest, and Mr. Fortuna was pronounced dead on his arrival at the Calamaba Doctors Hospital, where he was taken to by some witnesses of the scene.

Moreover, on September 30, 2005, at about 9:40 p.m, Ms. Victoria Samonte rented a rickshaw along with her colleague, Ms. Mansueta "Sweet" Sanchez, on their way from Andres Soriano College in Barangay to the Bliss Project offices in Barangay Mancarogo. At about 100 metres from the school, a man flagged down the driver and asked for a ride. The driver firstly refused because he already had some clients, but Ms. Samonte offered the man to share the motorcycle, as his destination was on their way. The man sat on the back seat of the rickshaw, besides Ms. Sanchez, although the latter asked him to seat in the front. On the way, Ms. Samonte asked the man twice where he exactly wanted to stop, but he replied each time that he wanted to go "further ahead".

When Ms. Samonte and Ms. Sanchez finally arrived near their destination, Ms. Samonte asked the driver to bring the man first, wherever he wanted to go. The rickshaw arrived in a dark part of the highway, at about 100 meters away from the Bliss Project office, and the man stopped there. He walked along the street and got on a motorcycle.

Suddenly, Ms. Samonte felt she had been stabbed on her back and Ms. Sanchez pulled a knife out of her back. Ms. Samonte was taken to the nearest hospital, where she was declared dead at her arrival.

The Observatory strongly condemns the assassinations of Mr. Diosdado Fortuna and Ms. Victoria Samonte and believes that they are connected to their work in favour of economic, social and trade unions rights. The Observatory considers that these events blatantly violate the provisions of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 9, 1998, in particular its article 12.2, which states that "the State shall take all necessary measures to ensure the protection by the competent authorities of everyone, individually and in association with others, against any violence, threats, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination, pressure or any other arbitrary action as a consequence of his or her legitimate exercise of the rights referred to in the present Declaration".

Action requested:

Please write to the authorities of the authorities of the Philippines urging them to:

  1. conduct a fair, impartial and independent inquiry into these events, in order to identify the perpetrators, bring them to justice and pronounce sentences proportional to the gravity of the crime;
  2. Guarantee that adequate reparation is provided to the families of the victims;
  3. adopt immediate measures to put an end to all acts of violence against human rights defenders and guarantee in all circumstances that human rights defenders and organisations are able to carry out their work in the Philippines;
  4. comply with the provisions of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, in particular article 1, which states that "everyone has the right, individually or in association with others, to promote the protection and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels", and above-mentioned article 12.2;
  5. more generally, comply with the terms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and regional and international mechanisms concerning human rights, to which the Philippines are a party.

Addresses:

  • Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines, New Executive Building, Malacanang Palace Compound, J.P. Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila, Philippines, Fax: +632 735 6192; +632 736 1010; Email: opnet@ops.gov.ph; corres@op.gov.ph
  • Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr., Department of National Defense, 3rd Floor, DND Building, Camp Aguinaldo, EDSA, Quezon City, Philippines, Fax: +632 911 6213, Email: sndcruz@dnd.gov.ph; ajcruz@dnd.gov.ph
  • Hon. Raul M. Gonzalez, Secretary, Department of Justice, Padre Faura Street, 1004, Manila, Philippines, Telefax: +632 521-1614, Email: sad@doj.gov.ph
  • Hon. Purificacion Valera Quisumbing, Chairperson, The Commission on Human Rights, SAAC Building, Commonwealth Avenue, U.P. Complex, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Fax: +632 929-0102, Email: drpvq@chr.gov.ph
  • Arturo C. Lomibao, Police Director General, Chief, Philippine National Police, National Headquarters, PNP Camp Crame, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: +632 726-4361/726-4366/726-4329
  • Hon. Loretta Ann Rosales, Chairperson of the Committee on Human Rights, House of Representatives, Batasan Hills, Quezon City, Philippines, Telefax: +632 931 6288, Email: conglapr@nsclub.net
  • Hon. Francis Pangilinan, Senator, The Senate, Rm. 526 GSIS Bldg., Financial Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines, Fax: +632 552-6747, Email: kilosko2004@yahoo.com
  • Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo, Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations in Geneva, Avenue Blanc 47, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: +41 (0)22 716 19 32, Email: mission.philippines@ties.itu.int

Please also write to the embassies of the Philippines in your respective country.

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Geneva-Paris, October 17, 2005