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Position Paper
The CHRP is optimistic that the enactment will be a milestone, in conjunction with other existing mechanisms and safeguards, in changing the culture of impunity in the country by punishing perpetrators of torture and other ill-treatment, and ultimately protecting the rights of individuals who are most vulnerable to abuses.
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Position Paper
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Press Release, Statements
Press Release, Statements
Press Release, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (Commission) expresses its concern on a number of reports it monitored online regarding some local government units requiring their constituents to pay varying amounts of fees in exchange for a travel pass. This travel pass
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is one with all the women everywhere in the world in the celebration of Women’s Month with the theme “Generation equality: the vision we work for women and girls” alongside the #EachforEqual theme for
Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) strongly condemns the alleged rape of an 18-year old student by two cops in Bacoor, Cavite. Rape is a heinous crime that inflicts physical, psychological, and emotional harm to victims. When alleged perpetrators are
Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) warmly welcomes Mary Jane Veloso’s return to the Philippines after enduring 14 years of incarceration in Indonesia, including time on death row. Her homecoming reflects the enduring pursuit of justice and compassion. This milestone
Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) is alarmed by the blatant killings, violent dispersals, and other gross human rights violations being committed by the Myanmar military government against its people. As a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI),
Press Release, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses its full support for Senate Bill (SB) No. 1025 also known as “On-site, In-City or Near-city or Off-city Government Resettlement Program for Informal Settler,” and House Bill (HB) No. 00005, as these bills