Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the cancellation of privileges of inmates nationwide

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) believes that ensuring the rule of law equally requires enforcing appropriate sentences and punishments for those convicted with crimes. And once within prisons, limited liberty is to be expected. CHR, however, reminds the government that there are guiding principles such as the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment […]