Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann De Guia, commending the Bureau of Immigration for successfully thwarting a Human Trafficking attempt
The Commission on Human Rights lauds the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and BI-NAIA 3 travel control and enforcement unit (TCEU) for successfully preventing a human trafficking attempt at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). On Sunday, 10 November 2019 the Bureau of Immigration reported the foiled attempted trafficking of 4 women illegally recruited to work […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the recent order to Australian missionary Sr. Patricia Fox to leave the Philippines
It is unfortunate that the recent events that led to the Bureau of Immigration order directing Australian religious missionary and human rights defender Sr. Patricia Fox to leave the country appears to be bereft of due process. We stress that the nature of human rights remains the same regardless of context. It does not discriminate […]