Statement of the Commission on Human Rights appreciating the House of Representatives for its swift passage of CHR’s FY 2025 budget during the plenary deliberations
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) extends its utmost gratitude to the House of Representatives as it has successfully hurdled the plenary budget deliberations for the FY 2025 budget, with Representative Jocelyn Sy Limkaichong of the 1st District of Negros Oriental as its sponsor, on 17 September 2024. During the course of interpellations, a number […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights welcoming NTIPC’s resolution that seeks to ensure an adequate budget for CHR
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses gratitude to the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC) for adopting Resolution No. 2, s. 2024, which calls upon the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), House of Representatives, and Senate to ensure an adequate budget for the Commission for the Fiscal Year 2025. The NTIPC is the […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights welcoming the joint position of worker and employer groups for a higher CHR budget
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) warmly welcomes the recent joint position from the Leaders Forum, a bipartite body of labour and employer groups, urging for a significant increase in the CHR’s budget to ensure that it has adequate resources for addressing labour-related human rights violations. The Leaders Forum, composed of organisations such as the […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the passage of its FY 2023 budget at the Senate and House of Representatives plenary budget deliberations
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses gratitude to both Houses of Congress for the swift passage of CHR’s FY 2023 budget at the plenary level. On 20 September 2022, the House of Representatives (HOR), with Representative Jocelyn Sy Limkaichong of the 1st District of Negros Oriental as CHR sponsor, approved the Commission’s budget; while […]
Senate Committee on Finance adopts the CHR FY 2021 budget
The Senate Committee on Finance adopted the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) proposed budget for FY 2020 on Tuesday, 15 September 2020. The CHR’s budget was presented by Chairperson Jose Luis Martin “Chito” Gascon and Executive Director Jacqueline Ann de Guia. In his presentation, Chairperson Gascon expressed the Commission’s gratitude to the members of the […]