Philippine Standard Time:
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 8:00 AM
UN Submissions
OHCHR requested inputs to NHRIs on the situation and obstacles faced by women (and vulnerable and marginalized groups) in the Philippines to access the internet, and measures taken to bridge the gender digital divide in the country.
CHRP inputs contributed to the report of the UN High Commissioner on ways to bridge the gender digital divide from a human rights perspective, which will be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirty fifth session.
UN Submissions
UN Submissions
UN Submissions
Press Release, Statements
Press Release, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Release, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) supports the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology’s (BJMP) appeal for increased budget allocations for the food and medical allowances of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). For 2024, only P70 is allocated per PDL
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights supports Senate Bill No. 1354 (SB 1354), otherwise known as the Disaster Personnel Benefits Act, which seeks to institutionalize death benefits for community disaster personnel who are dispatched during calamities. SB 1354 was introduced by
Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) directive to reopen unsolved cases involving high-profile local officials and personalities who were killed during the height of the previous administration’s anti-illegal drug campaign. This decision to revisit
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
The year 2022 is marked by transitions—from the national elections to our collective movement towards this new state of normal following the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the rest of the nation, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) was no stranger to
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights has launched a motu proprio investigation on an alleged case of human trafficking involving lumad victims from Quezon, Bukidnon after information was received from various labor groups. Thirty-four (34) of them were able to escape
UN Submissions
CHRP updated OHCHR on the status of the Indigenous Cultural Communities/ Indigenous Peoples’ Masterplan, Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 and the Human Rights Action Plan. Inputs from the CHRP would serve as examples that will be included in the guidance note