Guidelines on the Humanitarian, Rehabilitation and Development (HRD) Component of International Monitoring Team (IMT)

• Country/entity

  Philippines
  Mindanao
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Guidelines on the Humanitarian, Rehabilitation and Development (HRD) Component of International Monitoring Team (IMT)
• Date

  3 Jun 2010
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Philippine Insurgencies (1968 - ) )
• Stage

  Implementation/renegotiation
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Philippines - Mindanao process
• Parties

  Amb. Rafael E. Seguis, GRP Panel Chairman;
  Mohagher Iqbal, MILF Panel Chairman
• Third parties

  Witnessed by: Datuk Othman Bin Abdul Razak, Malaysian Facilitator
• Description

  Agreement on the Humanitarian, rehabilitation and development (HRD) aspects of the International Monitoring Team mandate. Provisions include core task, associated tasks, staff composition, logistics and security, reporting, and duration.

• Agreement document

  PH_100603_Guidelines on HRD of the IMT.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

IN THE NAME OF GOD THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL

GUIDELINES ON THE HUMANITARIAN, REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT (HRD) COMPONENT OF INTERNATIONAL MONITORING TEAM (IMT)

The European Union's (EU) engagement will be subject, for all its duration, to continuing approval of both parties.

l, Core Tasks

Observe and monitor the implementation of the humanitarian, rehabilitation and development aspects of the agreements signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), including issues related to internally displaced people, for a period of 12 months;

Monitor the observance of international humanitarian law and respect for human rights;

Encourage other third parties and/or civil society groups to assist, under a system of accreditation by the Panels, in the monitoring process.

2. Associated Tasks

al Ensure close coordination, complementarity, and mutual support with the Civilian

Protection Component (CPC);

b Ensure coordination likewise with the Socio-Economic Assistance component,

and where relevant with the Security component;

C Contribute to confidence building generally, and in particular, contacts between

community and religious leaders.

3. Staffing shall comprise

3. European personnel, designated by EU, shall include initially one humanitarian aid specialist and one human rights / international humanitarian law specialist;

one shall be the HRD Component Coordinator, the other Deputy Coordinator,

b. Persons from relevant local and international civil society organizations (CSOs)

(these organisations to be proposed by EU for agreement by the Parties, and contracted by the EU to assist in the monitoring tasks);

And as appropriate, civilian or non-governmental personnel from other IMT partners, as agreed by the HRD Component Coordinator,

4. logistics.

Security

al As per IMT's Term of Reference (ToR), page 6 to 9,

h Underlining that EU may at any time withdraw its personnel (including civil Society support staff) from the field, in case of concerns over the security environment.

5. Reporting

8. HRD Component Coordinator shall be under the administrative authority of the I Head of Mission (HoM), and shall provide his regular reports via the HoM (copy furnished Secretariat and EU).

6 Duration

The initial engagement of the DU shall be limited to the first 12-month duration of the IMT mandate, but may at the discretion of the EU be renewed should the IMI mandate be renewed and should progress on the ground be satisfactory,

b his engagement may however be terminated without notice and at the discretion of the EU if the mandate, ToRs or format of the IMT is changed, or if the CU should consider at any time that the circumstances are no longer propitious to achieving the objectives of the HRD component,

c This engagement does not prejudge additional support above the announced

involvement in the HRD component of the IMT.

Done this 3" day of June 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

FOR THE GRP:

FOR THE MILF:

AEL E. SEG MOH BAL nel Chairman MILF Panel Chairman

SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:

DATUK OT BLIN ABD RAZAK Malaysfan Facilitator