Abstract
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">In February 2007 the Philippine Senate passed the Human Security Act (HSA) otherwise known as Republic Act No. 9372: An Act to Secure the State and Protect our People From Terrorism. Philippine Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. was heavily involved in the final drafting of the HSA. He gave it its final name shortly before the Senate Chamber passed it into law. Previously the Act had been known by various titles including ‘An Act to Deter and Punish Acts of Terrorism and for Other Purposes’ (Senate Bill No. 2137) and ‘An Act to Define and Punish the Crime of Terrorism, the Crime of Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism, and the Crime of Proposal to Commit Terrorism, and for Other Purposes (Senate Bill No. 2187). Thus the Human Security Act exists as an instrument of counter terrorism as opposed to human security policy. </span>
Highlights
In February 2007 the Philippine Senate passed the Human Security Act (HSA) otherwise known as Republic Act No 9372: An Act to Secure the State and Protect our People From Terrorism
Why did the Philippines government draw up legislation that, according to critics, is unusable? Arguably the Act was drawn up to appease the United States (US) who were pushing for legislation similar to the PATRIOT Act to be enacted in countries more or less allied with them in the War on Terror
The architects of the HSA have denied that the PATRIOT Act was used as a model
Summary
In February 2007 the Philippine Senate passed the Human Security Act (HSA) otherwise known as Republic Act No 9372: An Act to Secure the State and Protect our People From Terrorism. This wording is virtually identical to that of the United States’ Constitution. Whilst disciplinary action against ‘officers or employees’ of the US is raised under Section 223 of the PATRIOT Act there is only provision for initiating proceedings as opposed to the specification of penalties as in the HSA
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