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Edits to be Added to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chel_Diokno#Human_rights

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION

Diokno was exposed to the harsh reality of the Philippines at a very early age. At the age of 11, he experienced the cruelty of the Martial Law. His father, Sen. Jose W. Diokno had no case filed against him. ^[1]

This caused Chel to study to become a lawyer, and his expertise in leadership has come a long way ever since. He became the president of a student council in his high school, and he was awarded the Gerardo Roxas Leadership Award for this. He then graduated from UP Diliman with a degree in Philosophy.^[2]

After this, he studied law in the United States, where he graduated as magna cum laude. He received the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in the Study of Contracts. Although he is also a lawyer in America, Chel has served as a lawyer here in the Philippines since 1987.^[3]

Despite the hardship of Martial Law, Chel graduated high school with honors, was president of the La Salle Green Hills student council, and a Gerardo Roxas Leadership Awardee.^[4]

In 2009, Diokno founded the De La Salle University College of Law, with the aim of developing leaders who are committed to upholding the rights of every Filipino. He has served as the College's Dean since 2009. ^[5]

POLITICS

In the 2019 Senator Elections, he is running under the Liberal Party ^[6]

Diokno says that his motivation for deciding to run for senator is that he could not stand idly by while watching everything that was going on in our country as a result of the current administration. He never had any intention of filing a candidacy, given that no one in his family had tried running again since his father's time. ^[7]

“What happened in this administration really affected me not just as a lawyer but as a person because I saw the law destroyed little by little. I saw all the foundations of what is supposed to be a democratic form of government crumbling and I felt I just couldn’t sit and watch it happen,” he said. Diokno told his 6 children first. His decision to join the Senate race was “dependent on whether or not they would have issues with it.” Being a politician’s son, Diokno said he knew how politics could turn their lives upside down. ^[8]

Agenda

One of the senator's agenda for senatorial is to push for an anti-political dynasty law since this has been the Constitution’s directive to Congress for the past 30 years. Diokno has also opposed the idea of removing term limits of elected government officials here in the Philippines, saying the people should remember what happened during the Martial Law era when late dictator Ferdinand Marcos prolonged his stay in power. ^[9]

“Haven’t we had enough with happened during Martial Law?”, Chel said.

“Have we forgotten about our history that we had a president who placed himself as a dictator?", he added.

“They have done this in order to avoid term limits and for them to be able to steal large amounts of money, money that our own Supreme Court has already stated belongs to the nation. It is ill-gotten wealth.” the Liberal Party senatorial bet continued. “We should have term limits. Even the relatives of the incumbents should be covered by term limits,” he said. ^[10]

ADVOCACY

Human Rights

Diokno is an avid supporter of causes that promote human rights. He is the son of former senator Jose “Pepe” Diokno, an opposition leader that was detained during martial law. Chel Diokno is also one of the founders of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) that aids victims of human rights violations. As a human rights lawyer, Diokno has condemned, many times, the thousands of killings under administration’s deadly war on drugs. Diokno has already filed a petition against the drug war before the Supreme Court. ^[11]

“If we will count the numbers, this current administration is worse because the Supreme Court has stated that the count until last year 20,322. That number does not include those that have been killed recently. If those are included, that number could easily balloon to 25,000. Some even estimate that it will reach 30,000,” Diokno said. ^[12]

sources to be added:

https://diokno.ph/chel-diokno

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/16/18/chel-diokno-joins-senate-race

https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/215558-chel-diokno-on-running-for-senator-fight-fear

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2019/02/28/1897331/chel-diokno-sen-jose-w-diokno

https://www.diokno.ph/jwd

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/16/18/chel-diokno-joins-senate-race

https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/215558-chel-diokno-on-running-for-senator-fight-fear

http://law.dlsu.edu.ph/about/faculty.asp

https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/16/18/what-prompted-chel-diokno-to-run-for-senator

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/12/07/1874886/chel-diokno-justice-system-top-hindrance-development

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/684391/imee-wants-term-limits-removed-diokno-recalls-how-marcos-prolonged-regime/story/