Brief Intervention of Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit, Focal Commissioner on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons, at the event of the International Federation on Ageing entitled “Paving the Way to OEWGA11” on 11 December 2020 8-9:30AM EST (9-10:30PM PHT) Transcript [1:00:07] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSyW-qOhPEc Thank you and good evening from Manila. Thank you for including national human […]
August 28, 2020, 3pm CEST vis WebEx Good evening from the Philippines. We are grateful for the opportunity to participate in this consultation to comment on the synergy between national human rights institutions and the treaty body system. The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines submits to the treaty bodies its independent and evidence-based […]
delivered by CHR Commissioner Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit 30 June 2020 Thank you Y our Excellencies. The response of our Government before the Council, the issues and concerns raised on the floor will help us calibrate how we can move forward and offer our assistance to improve the human rights situation on the ground. On the […]
delivered by CHR Commissioner Karen S. Gomez Dumpit Commissioner30 June 2020 Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights – as the world endures the impact of the pandemic, it is our privilege and duty to speak before you today. The Commission on Human Rights welcomes the […]
Delivered 17 February 2020 at the Bulwagang Ka Pepe, CHR Central Office, Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City Today, we shall be engaging in a public act of collective remembrance. We do so because in this post-truth world we now find ourselves in – to say NEVER FORGET, NEVER AGAIN shall be our way of standing – […]
delivered before the Committee on Justice, House of Representatives18th Congress, 1st Regular Session 24 September 2019 Thank you Mr. Chair. The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines supports the government in its campaign against criminality. We do not want any crime to go unpunished. A deterrent to crime is a functional, unbiased, efficient and […]
28 June 2019 | Palais des Nations, Room XX, United Nations Geneva Delivered by Karen S. Gomez Dumpit, Commissioner (Check against delivery) Thank you, Madam Chair. The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines is pleased to participate in this panel. In Southeast Asia, research evidence suggest multiple overlapping disadvantages and constraints in opportunities and […]
16th World Day Against Death Penalty Recommendations/Ways Forward on the SWS Survey on the Death Penalty Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit Commissioner, Commission on Human Rights 10 October 2018 From all of these findings, I can sum up all our learnings into one thing. FACTS FORM OPINION. And the reverse is also true, alternative facts, fake […]
Speech | Oral intervention delivered on behalf of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) | United Nations New York | 15 March 2018
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Speech | 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women | United Nations New York | 13 March 2018