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Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - 10:00 AM
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The Commission on Human Rights has already dispatched an investigation team yesterday, 15 February 2021, to look into the situation involving the alleged rescue of Lumad children in a university in Cebu City. Given the different claims involving the incident, our interest is to pin down the truth and we look forward to the cooperation of all parties concerned as we move forward in our independent investigation.
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These times, they say, seem to be hopeless times. During the first quarter of the year, our country already experienced calamities that tested the Filipino spirit. From the Taal volcano eruption on January 12 that caused phreatic blasts resulting in
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Torture is a human rights violation and no one, even erring individuals, shall be subjected to such cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. The prohibition of torture in the Philippines and in other parts of the globe is absolute
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The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is one with the LGBTQI community in the global campaign for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT), where groups and communities across various local, national, regional and global levels organise events
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The Commission on Human Rights lauds the efforts of the government in its attempt to provide appropriate housing for families affected by the Marawi siege. According to Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Bautista, almost 10,000 displaced persons or over
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The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) denounces the ambush killing of off-duty soldiers in Midsayap, North Cotabato by two unidentified gunmen riding in tandem. Both from the 34th Infantry Battalion, Private First Class Meljay Bernal died on the spot, while
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The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) strongly denounces the unspeakable violence over a family land dispute in Camarines Sur on 5 November 2021. The massacre resulted in the death of five family members, including a senior citizen and three innocent