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Position Paper
The CHRP fully supports the enactment of a bill that protects individuals from discrimination and unequal treatment. On the other hand, the passage of a Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Law will mark a significant step in giving flesh and teeth to the constitutional guarantee against discrimination and ensuring equality of rights of all persons.
Position Paper
Position Paper
Position Paper
Press Release, Statements
Press Release, Statements
Press Release, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Policy Advisory
The CHRP strongly opposes the re-imposition of the death penalty. The CHRP asserts that reinstating capital punishment will certainly produce myriad of implications, both legal and moral, and will have a long-term effect both in the domestic and international spheres.
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) believes that police officers involved in illegal drugs seriously tarnish and undermine the mandate, credibility, and competence of the Philippine National Police (PNP). It is crucial that accountability must be carried out to its
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights lauds the signing into law of the “Magna Carta of the Poor” or Republic Act 11291, and the passage of House Bill 9103 or the “Magna Carta of the Out-of-School Youth (OSY)” in its third
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the announcement of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) of the approved P1-billion fuel subsidy for public utility jeepney (PUJ) sector to aid their operating expenses amid the rising prices of
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) as Gender Ombud is deeply alarmed and concerned that t-shirts portraying women in hypersexualized positions are openly marketed in different online platforms in the country. A report by Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau,