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Sunday, April 19, 2026 - 4:25 PM
UN Submissions
Through this HRC Resolution 31/6, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to prepare a study on article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions, and to present the study to the Human Rights Council before its thirty-seventh session.
UN Submissions
UN Submissions
UN Submissions
Press Release, Statements
Press Release, Statements
Press Release, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
It is a tragedy to welcome the new year with the death of a Filipina OFW. The Commission on Human Rights expresses its deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende, an overseas Filipina worker in
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
It is concerning that the mining operation in Banaybanay, Davao Oriental has resulted in massive siltation and discoloration of the Mapagba and Pintatagan rivers. The water from the said rivers drains into the Davao Gulf, which may also affect coastal
Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) greets every Filipino—at home and those overseas—as we welcome the new year. It gives us hope that, as the pandemic forced individuals in unprecedented situations, we have seen fellow Filipinos go above and beyond
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
Bahay Pag-asa centers are meant to reform and rehabilitate children in conflict with the law. The news regarding alleged abuses, mistreatment, and subhuman conditions in Bahay Pag-asa centers is gravely alarming. Shelters that are meant to reform children should be
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
We urge government officials to be more circumspect in utterances that tend to devalue life and other rights by making them laughing matters. Cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishments are serious human rights offences barred by laws. Such acts have no