Editing Ferdinand Marcos (section)

===Reparations===
In 1995, some 10,000 Filipinos won a US [[class-action]] lawsuit filed against the Marcos estate. The claims were filed by victims or their surviving relatives consequent on torture, execution, and disappearances.<ref>{{cite book|author=Brysk, Alison|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=p955OKtyCbIC|page=82}}|title=Human rights and private wrongs: constructing global civil society|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-415-94477-9|page=82}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hranjski|first=Hrvoje|date=September 12, 2006|title=No hero's resting place as Imelda Marcos finds site for husband's grave|work=The Scotsman|location=UK|url=http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=2809885|access-date=November 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105131654/http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=2809885|archive-date=January 5, 2008}}</ref>

The [[Government of Switzerland|Swiss government]], initially reluctant to respond to allegations that stolen funds were held in Swiss accounts,<ref>{{cite book|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=NhIfiWyK9gEC|page=99}}|title=Corruption and anti-corruption|publisher=Asia-Pacific Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-7315-3660-3|editor1=Larmour, Peter|pages=99–110|editor2=Wolanin, Nick}}</ref> returned $684 million of Marcos' holdings.<ref name="star">{{cite web|title=Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative: Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos (Switzerland)|url=http://star.worldbank.org/corruption-cases/node/18497|publisher=World Bank|access-date=March 2, 2016|archive-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415070921/http://star.worldbank.org/corruption-cases/node/18497|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marcos victims seek accounting of funds|work=INQ7.net|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer, GMA News|url=http://www.inq7.net/brk/2004/jul/18/brkpol_1-1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040911032835/http://www.inq7.net/brk/2004/jul/18/brkpol_1-1.htm|archive-date=September 11, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=July 4, 2004|title=Hunt for tyrant's millions leads to former model's home|work=Sydney Morning Herald|location=Australia|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/03/1088488200806.html|access-date=October 20, 2008}}</ref>

Corazon Aquino repealed many of the repressive laws enacted during Marcos's dictatorship. She restored the right of ''habeas corpus'', repealed anti-labor laws and freed hundreds of [[political prisoners]].<ref name="philippinesReadr" />{{Rp|page=361}}

From 1989 to 1996, a series of suits were brought before US courts against Marcos and his daughter Imee, alleging that they bore responsibility for executions, torture, and disappearances. A jury in the [[Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals|Ninth Circuit Court]] awarded US$2 billion to the plaintiffs and to a [[class action lawsuit|class]] composed of human rights victims and their families.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephens, Beth|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=isF30B-VCH0C|page=13}}|title=International human rights litigation in U.S. courts|publisher=BRILL|year=2008|isbn=978-1-57105-353-4|page=13}}</ref> On June 12, 2008, in ''[[Republic of Philippines v. Pimentel]]'' the [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] ruled 7–2 that, "The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is reversed, and the case is remanded with instructions to order the District Court to dismiss the [[interpleader]] action." The court dismissed the interpleader lawsuit filed to determine the rights of 9,500 Filipino human rights victims (1972–1986) to recover US$35 million, part of a US$2 billion judgment in US courts against the Marcos estate, because the Philippines government is an indispensable party, protected by [[sovereign immunity]]. The Philippines government claimed ownership of the funds transferred by Marcos in 1972 to [[Arelma S.A.]], which invested the money with [[Merrill Lynch]], Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., in New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=jurist.law.pitt.edu, Supreme Court rules in Marcos assets|url=http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/06/supreme-court-rules-in-marcos-assets.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103180040/http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/06/supreme-court-rules-in-marcos-assets.php|archive-date=January 3, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-1204.pdf|title=supremecourt.gov, Republic of Philippines et al. v. Pimentel, June 12, 2008, No. 06–1204}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 12, 2008|title=Court ruling hinders Marcos victims seeking funds|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-06-12-902506041_x.htm}}</ref> In July 2017, the Philippine Court of Appeals rejected the petition seeking to enforce the United States court decision.<ref>{{cite news|title=CA rejects Marcos victims' claims for $2B damages|work=GMA News|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/618333/ca-rejects-marcos-victims-claims-for-2b-damages/story/}}</ref>

In 2013, Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 10368 or the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Gavilan|first=Jodesz|date=May 10, 2021|title=11,103 victims of human rights violations under Martial Law to get compensation|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/human-rights-victims-claims-board-final-list-eligible-claimants-released|access-date=July 6, 2021|website=Rappler}}</ref> The law created the Human Rights Violations Claims Board and provided reparations to victims of summary execution, torture, enforced disappearances, and other human rights violations.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=Subingsubing|first=Krixia|date=October 19, 2020|title=Marcos victims push for second claims board|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1349577/marcos-victims-push-for-second-claims-board|access-date=July 6, 2021|website=Inquirer}}</ref> Compensation came from P10 billion of stolen wealth seized by the government from the Marcoses.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Agoncillo|first=Jodee A.|date=May 9, 2018|title=Final list of Marcos victims qualified for funds released|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/988689/final-list-of-marcos-victims-qualified-for-funds-released|access-date=July 6, 2021|website=Inquirer}}</ref> A total of 11,103 victims received compensation in 2018.<ref name=":0" /> A bill filed in Congress in 2020 proposed to compensate tens of thousands of people still not officially recognized as victims of state-sponsored violence.<ref name=":9" />