“In the past medyo may konti lang lack of collaboration with CHR dahil merong sort of reluctance on the part of each side to share information ,” Guevarra said during the briefing in Malacanang.
“But we have overcome I think that obstacle and both our sides and CHR have agreed to cooperate more closely in the investigation of incidents allegedly committed in violation of civil and political rights,” he said. The Department of Justice chairs the Administrative Order No. 35 Inter-Agency Committee on Extra-Legal Killings, Enforced Disappearances, Torture and Other Grave Violations of the Right of Life, Liberty and Security of Persons, while the CHR is an observer, Guevarra noted.
Aside from the DOJ, the other members of the AO 35 are the Department of Interior and Local Government , the Department of National Defense , the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, the Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs, the Armed Forces of the Philippines , the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation .