By Alexander Martin Remollino/ Bulatlat.com

As the curtain was beginning to fall on 2009, the on-and-off peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) resumed in Kuala Lumpur, with both parties agreeing to begin talks on the drafting of a Comprehensive Peace Compact that would resolve the Moro question.

The year, however, drew to a close without any far-reaching movement in the GRP-MILF peace process.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 December) – The Mindanao Human Rights Action Center (MinHRAC), scheduled for launching on October 31 but reset to a later date upon the request of Commission on Human Rights chair Leila de Lima, will finally be launched this morning at the Pacific Heights & the Marqueza in Cotabtato City, with de Lima as keynote speaker.

MinHRAC is convened by representatives of the Moro civil society -- the Bangsamoro Lawyers’ Network, Institute of Bangsamoro Studies, Bangsamoro Women Solidarity Forum, Inc., Kadtuntaya Foundation, Inc., Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society, United Youth for Peace and Development, United Youth of the Philippines, Bangsamoro Center for Just Peace, Kangudan Development Center, Inc., Indigenous Peoples Resource Center, Al Ihsan Foundation and Moro Law.