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The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines shall protect and promote human rights of all; prevent human rights abuses; and monitor and advise the Philippine’s compliance with its international treaty obligation, through collaborative effort with the government and the people.
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Submit concerns, track updates, or request specific human rights services. Easily file a new complaint, check your case status.
Need legal guidance or counseling? Access legal advice and support services provided by CHR’s expert teams.
Apply for your Human Rights Clearance with ease. Follow a simple process to request and receive your CHR clearance.
The Management Information System for Monitoring and Organizing (MISMO) is CHR’s official digital platform that streamlines public access to key human rights services. Through MISMO, individuals can file complaints, request legal assistance, track requests, and access information — all in a secure and transparent environment. Designed with accessibility and efficiency in mind, MISMO brings CHR services closer to the people, wherever they are.
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JOIN! Safe In Custody National Speech Competition. Registration through this link: . The registration deadline is 01 December 2023, at 12:00 midnight. Date of competition: 11 December 2023 (Monday)Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PMVenue: Commission on Human Rights of the
Join us in upholding the rights of all Filipinos! The Commission on Human Rights, with the support of the GOJUST Human Rights Project, is in need of Technical Services for the Development of Gender and Development (GAD) Ombud Programs, Activities
Join us in upholding the rights of all Filipinos! The Governance in Justice (GOJUST) II Human Rights Component is looking for Project Documentation Staff and Project Events Staff. You may send your updated CV and letter of intent to pmd.chr1@gmail.com
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes and expresses its full support for the enactment of Republic Act No. 12199, or the “Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) System Act,” which aims to enhance early education, nutrition, and caregiving support
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), in partnership with Ateneo de Manila University’s Office for Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI-ADMU), hosted a dissemination forum titled Solidarity for Child Protection on 16 June 2025 at Ateneo de Manila University. The forum
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) Philippines renewed their partnership through the signing of a Partner Agreement on 09 June 2025, marking the beginning of new initiatives focused on the promotion and protection of
In celebration of the 30th Migrant Workers’ Day on 07 June 2025, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) joined the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to institutionalize a more robust, rights-based framework for
The Manila workshop on the human rights of older persons, held on 29-30 August 2023, concluded with the adoption of the Call to Action on strengthening the advocacy of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in the Asia-Pacific region for an
The Magna Carta of Women identifies indigenous women and girls as one of the sectors of women whose rights need to be protected, promoted, and upheld. Crucial as well in the fulfillment of their fundamental freedoms is the elimination of
In aid of creating an enabling environment for the protection and realization of the rights of artisanal fisherfolks, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), through its Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR) Center, released the monitoring report on the human
By Alistair T. Tan The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Region III held a simple awarding ceremony on 22March 2022 to recognize the best practices and initiatives of the Guimba District Jail in theprotection and promotion of the rights
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We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to