Army Human Rights performance has improved - general

COTABATO CITY -- Human rights groups said the country's security sectors remained as the leading human rights violators in the country but an Army general said the situation has greatly improved.Major Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th Infantry Division commander, said unlike during martial law years, the military has considered promotion and protection of human rights as its advocacy.The Philippine Army, Pangilinan said, has adopted and promoted the International Human Rights Law. In fact it has been integrated and institutionalized in Army training and advocacy.As the country observes International Human Rights Day Thursday, the 6th ID conducted seminar workshop on the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law, the enabling law that will be the basis of the coming of new political entity in Muslim region.