The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is among the five government agencies tasked to provide non-monetary reparation to victims of human rights abuses during the Martial Law regime. The provision of such assistance is mandated by Republic Act 10368 otherwise known as “Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013”. Under this law, the government has the moral obligation to provide reparation to the victims as part of their right to obtain […]