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Statement of Chair Richard Palpal-latoc on the recent CHR Commission en banc appointments

  • September 30, 2022
  • 12:32 AM

We take due note of the heightened vigilance of human rights groups and advocates on the recent appointments in the leadership of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR). We take these as a challenge and we seek the chance to respond to the pressing human rights challenges in the country with an assurance that CHR under my leadership will be marked by utmost dedication, unquestionable probity, and speedy disposition of cases in the interest of upholding the rights of all. ###

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Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann De Guia, on the celebration of World Press Freedom Day
  • May 3, 2019
  • 7:00 AM

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Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the ruling of the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court regarding the killings of teenagers Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman under the anti-illegal drugs campaign
  • November 26, 2022
  • 5:34 AM

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Statement of the Commission on Human Rights Spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann De Guia, on the recent attack on a broadcaster in Davao del Norte
  • October 16, 2019
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CHR commissioner laments DoLE chief’s statement; says migrant workers’ rights also a priority
  • March 29, 2018
  • 5:28 AM

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DOJ, CHR sign data sharing agreement vital to AO 35 cases of extra-legal killings, enforced disappearances, torture and other grave human rights violations
  • September 2, 2020
  • 12:16 PM

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Statement of the Commission on Human Rights welcoming the implementing guidelines of Executive Order No. 77 and the institutionalization of the Inter-Agency Committee on International Humanitarian Law
  • April 25, 2025
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CHR leads NCR dialogue to strengthen national framework on media safety
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CHR issues advisory on protecting the rights of children affected by armed conflict

  • October 20, 2025
  • 8:00 AM

Protecting children in situations of armed conflict is not optional. It is both a legal and moral obligation. Despite on-going efforts to address the humanitarian impact of internal armed conflicts, children remain among the most vulnerable. They face displacement, loss

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Statement of the CHR Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights Center on the acts of discrimination committed against a transgender guest speaker during a graduation ceremony

  • June 9, 2022
  • 2:11 AM

Uphold non-discrimination: LGBTQI rights are human rights. As the country celebrates Pride Month, the Commission as Gender Ombud takes the occasion to reiterate that all persons are born equal in dignity and rights. A persons’ sexual orientation, gender identity and/or

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Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the killing of farmer and village chief Richard Biraquit in Piat, Cagayan

  • January 26, 2023
  • 3:43 AM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) denounces the killing of Richard Biraquit, 57, barangay chairman of Brgy. Sto. Domingo in Piat, Cagayan. This brazen and arbitrary deprivation of a person’s right to life affronts human dignity and rights. CHR Region

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Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the controversial skin whitening ads

  • April 16, 2019
  • 10:05 AM

Ads are expected tools of the trade for businesses to sell. But even businesses, including advertising agencies, operate within the bounds of ethical guidelines to ensure that earning profit does not come at the expense of other people’s rights, identities,

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Statement of CHR Executive Director, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, lauding Sulu PTF-ELAC for the safe return of internally displaced persons to their community after 20 years

  • May 18, 2022
  • 2:31 AM

The Commission on Human Rights lauds the Sulu Provincial Task Force on Ending Local Armed Conflict (PTF-ELAC) for the extensive rehabilitation of a former battleground of state and non-state armed groups to enable the safe return of residents 20 years

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Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the 23rd Anniversary of the passage of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act

  • October 29, 2020
  • 12:56 AM

Today, 29 October 2020, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses solidarity with the indigenous communities in the Philippines as the country commemorates the 23rd anniversary of the passage of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) and the National Indigenous

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