The quote card for this fact check was updated to reflect the role of Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board as an independent quasi-judicial body to receive, evaluate, process and investigate claims of human rights violations during the Marcos dictatorship. On the other hand, the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission, an independent government agency, was created to establish, restore, preserve and conserve a memorial, museum, library and compendium in honor of the many human rights violations victims during the same period.
(UPDATED) Lawyer Larry Gadon has erroneously claimed that human rights violations during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. had been proven to be false and were merely invented and used as propaganda by the opposition.
VERA Files Fact Check debunked similar claims thrice before. (Read: Never-ending tales on Marcos’ martial law)
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Check out these sources
Atty. Larry Gadon Facebook page, Ang tutuong Human Rights Violation…, Feb. 25, 2023
Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission, Roll of Victims, accessed Feb. 28, 2023
Official Gazette, Republic Act No. 10368, Feb. 25, 2013
Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission, About the Commission, accessed Feb. 28, 2023
Justia U.S. Law, In Re Estate of Marcos Human Rights Litigation, 910 F. Supp. 1460 (D. Haw. 1995), Nov. 30, 1995
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Trajano v Marcos 978 F.2d 493, Oct. 21, 1992
