Who We Are

The Independent Third-Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) was set up by the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to monitor the implementation of the GPH-MILF peace agreement, as provided for in the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) signed on 15 October 2012.

The TMPT currently has five members:

 Heino Marius (Chair)

 Karen Tañada (Gaston Z Ortigas Peace Institute, Philippines),

 Rahib Kudto (UNYPAD, Philippines),

 Huseyin Oruç (IHH, Turkey) and

 Sam Chittick (The Asia Foundation)

The TPMT was launched in July of 2013, on the basis of Terms of Reference agreed by the Parties in January of that year. The TPMT has so far convened thirty-nine (39) times in the Philippines, on a roughly two-monthly basis, and provides confidential reports to the GPH and MILF after each set of consultations. The TPMT will continue its work through until the completion of the Exit Agreement as per the FAB.

The TPMT issues a public report once a year, available on this website.