CHR calls for urgent action to improve conditions in Bahay Pag-asa facilities
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) calls for urgent action to address poor conditions and child protection gaps in several Bahay Pag-asa (BPA) facilities across the country. This follows the CHR’s release of a situation report detailing the findings of its nationwide monitoring of BPA facilities. The CHR documented serious issues in the implementation of […]
Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on alleged abuses in Bahay Pag-asa centers
Bahay Pag-asa centers are meant to reform and rehabilitate children in conflict with the law. The news regarding alleged abuses, mistreatment, and subhuman conditions in Bahay Pag-asa centers is gravely alarming. Shelters that are meant to reform children should be the last place that would further victimize them and cultivate negative behaviors in them. Children […]