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10 May 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Statement of Commissioner Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit on the filing of criminal and administrative cases by the Commission on Human Rights before the Ombudsman against Manila Police District-Raxabago Police Station 1 personnel over its secret detention cell It is with the utmost urgency and dispatch that the CHR now […]
PRESS STATEMENT 4 May 2017 Statement on the World Press Freedom Day The Commission on Human Rights Philippines is one in celebrating the World Press Freedom Day! Today, we commemorate the fundamental principles of press freedom and pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. This is also […]
4 May 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR: Senator’s CA comment disrespect, disregard and discriminate women The Commission on Human Rights, as Gender Ombud, joins the collective condemnation of the sexist and discriminatory comment made by Senator Sotto during the May 3, 2017 Commission on Appointment deliberation of Secretary Judy Taguiwalo when he said “In the street […]
03 April 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Press Release of the Commission on Human Rights On the Statement of Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella on Extra-Judicial Killings addressed to the European Union On 2 April 2017, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella cited before the media that the Commission on Human Rights had stated that the spate of extra-judicial […]
2017, 2017 Press Release, Anti-Rape Law, CEDAW, Division of Human Rights, International Bill of Rights of Women, Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998, Republic Act No. 6725, Republic Act No. 8353, Republic Act No. 8505, Shahani, UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, United Nations (UN) Secretariat
23 March 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the passing of former Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani The Commission on Human Rights joins the nation in mourning the death of a respected senator, career diplomat, women’s human rights advocate, and Filipina, Leticia RamosShahani. In 1964, Shahani joined the United Nations (UN) […]
7 March 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR Remains Firm Against the Reimposition of the Death Penalty The Commission on Human Rights stands firm in its position against the re-introduction of the death penalty in the Philippines. Alarmed by the passage of House Bill No. 4727 on third reading that seeks to re-impose death penalty, the […]
03 March 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR Statement on the Resumption of Oplan Tokhang The Commission on Human Rights denounces the resumption of Operation Tokhang by the Philippine National Police. It should not continue because it has caused thousands to be killed without due process and many innocents have perished in the course of […]
02 March 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR Statement on the Passing of House Bill No. 4727 (Reimposition of the Death Penalty) on Second Reading The Commission on Human Rights is alarmed with the surprising speed of the passing on second reading by the House of Representatives (HOR) of House Bill (HB) No. 4727, which […]
21 February 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR refutes Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s pronouncement that the CHR cleared President Duterte The CHR issues this statement in response to Presidential Communications’ Secretary Martin Andanar’s statement stating that the CHR had cleared the President from the extrajudicial killings including his involvement in the Davao Death Squad. The CHR […]
16 February 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR Statement on the Court of Appeal’s Issuance of Permanent Protection to ‘Oplan Tokhang’ Victims The issuance of a permanent protection order in relation to the Writ of Amparo filed in behalf of victims of Extra Judicial Killings in Payatas, Quezon City sends a strong message from the […]
31 January 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR Statement on the Suspension of the Anti-Drug Campaign The Commission on Human Rights welcomes the recent pronouncement of Chief PNP Ronald dela Rosa that all anti-drug operations shall stop nationwide while the PNP shall focus on internal cleansing. It is a recognition that the campaign is fraught with […]
16 January 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR welcomes EO 12 on Zero Unmet Need and Strict Implementation of RPRH Law The Commission on Human Rights, as Gender and Development Ombud, welcomes and commends the Office of the President for the issuance of Executive Order No. 12 “Attaining and Sustaining Zero Unmet Need for Modern Family Planning […]