Philippine Standard Time:

Sunday, June 15, 2025 - 4:54 AM

  1. Home
  2. Statements
  3. Press Statement
  4. Press Release of the Commission on Human Rights On the Statement of Presidential Spokesman Ernesto…

Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the guilty verdict against Imelda Marcos of graft charges

The Commission on Human Rights welcomes the decision of the Sandiganbayan convicting Imelda Marcos guilty of the graft charges committed when the former First Lady occupied different positions under the Marcos dictatorship. Despite being a long process, this conviction is nonetheless a triumph for the Filipino people, especially for the victims of human rights violations under martial law, in the face of historical revisionism.

The Commission stresses the need for truth so that we call ultimately hold the dictatorship and their cohorts accountable for their crimes. We will continue to be vigilant in this process in the interest of upholding justice for the victims of such transgressions. We will never forget

Related Post

Other Stories

The Commission strongly condemns the recent remark of a radio host in a radio program assigning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to an individual person. Confidentiality and non-discrimination are protected under the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act or Republic Act

The government is duty-bound to ensure that the rights of all persons deprived of liberty (PDLs)—including those facing charges, those awaiting trial, and those arbitrarily detained—are respected, protected, and fulfilled in accordance with constitutional and international human rights standards. But

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) duly welcomes the recommendation of the outgoing Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) to the incoming secretary of the agency to retain President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 2 or Freedom of Information (FOI) policy.

Lubos na nababahala ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sa aming natanggap na ulat ukol sa ordinansa ng pamahalaan ng bayan ng Kalookan na nagbabanta ng parusa sa mga di-bakunado na magsisimba o mananampalataya. Nakapaskil diumano ang naturang ordinansa sa

The Commission on Human Rights lauds the efforts of several local government units (LGUs), which proactively worked to address vaccine hesitancy and encourage individuals to be inoculated against Covid-19 through vaccination drives and information campaigns. A non-commissioned Social Weather Stations

In aid of seeking truth and accountability behind deaths allegedly linked to the government’s anti-drug campaign, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) offers its findings based on an earlier analysis of incidents of killings and violence documented since the said