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Item 2: Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s Annual Report Statement of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines Delivered by Chairperson Richard P. Palpal-latoc19 June 2024 The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines acknowledges the contribution of the UN Joint Programme on Human Rights or UNJP under Council resolution 45/33 to the […]

19 April 2023, 15.00hrs (Geneva Time)/21.00hrs (PST) To the Committee Members of the Treaty Body and colleagues from the Philippine Delegation: Assalamualaikum and good afternoon! I am Commissioner Faydah Maniri Dumarpa, focal commissioner for the sector of indigenous peoples and cultural communities and head of the NHRI delegation. On behalf of the Commission on Human […]

Statement of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines at the 13th session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing, agenda item 6 (Follow-up to resolution 77/190: Follow-up of the focus areas of the twelfth session – Discussion on normative inputs) Delivered in person by Commissioner Beda A. Epres4 April 2023, United Nations Headquarters, […]

Nakikiisa ang Komisyon sa mga Karapatang Pantao o CHR sa lahat ng mga Katolikong mananampalataya sa pagdaraos ng Kuwaresma. Sa paghahanda para sa pagdating ng mga Mahal na Araw, tayo ay inaanyayahang sariwain ang sakripisyo at paghihirap ni Hesus. Ang hamon sa bawat isa ay gawing mas makabuluhan ang panahong ito sa pamamagitan ng pagpapakita […]

30 March 2023, 3:00 PM, via Zoom Hon. Faydah M. Dumarpa | Commissioner, Philippine Commission on Human Rights Asallamuwalaikum at magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat, ako po si Commissioner Faydah Dumarpa, Focal Commissioner for Women’s Rights and Persons Deprived of their Liberty ng Komisyon sa mga Kaparatang Pantao. It is my pleasure to welcome […]

10 March 2023, Conference Room 8, 1:15-2:30PM | United Nations Headquarters, New York Hon. Faydah M. Dumarpa | Commissioner, Philippine Commission on Human Rights Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, as a National Human Rights Institution and Gender and Development Ombud under the Magna Carta of Women […]

Hon. Zamboanga City Mayor John M. Dalipe, partners from Go Just, and colleagues from the CHR, good morning. Today is significant not only for the CHR RO9 but for the entire CHR family as we witness the official groundbreaking for the soon-to-be-built edifice that will house the men and women of CHR R09, our regional […]

by CHR Chairperson Richard P. Palpal-Latoc Our colleagues and friends from the Armed Forces of the Philippines-WESMINCOM; Philippine National Police –PRO 9; Bureau of Jail and Management Penology 9; Bureau of Corrections – San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm; the Local Government of Zamboanga City; Zamboanga Basilan Integrated Development Alliance Mujer-LGBT Org; Community and Family […]

Venue: Ecosoc ChamberIntervention Time: March 8, 2023; 10:00-3:00PM (Intervention period 10:00-12:00) Assalamualaikum. I am Faydah Dumarpa, Commissioner of  the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, the country’s National Human Rights Institution and Gender and Development Ombud.  Since the Commission’s creation 38 years ago, I am the first Muslim woman to be appointed as Commissioner. In the […]

Maganda umaga po sa ating lahat. Salamat po sa inyong pagtunghay sa aming munting handog para sa inyo sa selebrasyon ng ating People Power Anniversary. Isa pong karangalan na ipagdiwang natin ang ikatatlumput anim na People Power Anniversary – ang handog ng Pilipino sa mundo. Marahil, marami na po sa atin ang hindi na natunghayan […]

10 to 12 March 2021, General debate (Agenda item 2, 10 March 2021) Pleasant day to all. I am Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana from the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, speaking on behalf of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF). The APF is a coalition of 25 National Human Rights Institutions […]

António Guterres | 22 February 2021 Distinguished President of the Human Rights Council,Madam High Commissioner,Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen, Human rights are our bloodline; they connect us to one another, as equals. Human rights are our lifeline; they are the pathway to resolving tensions and forging lasting peace. Human rights are on the frontline; they are the […]