Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, lauding the Philippine government’s commitment to extend humanitarian aid to displaced Afghan nationals
In the wake of a major humanitarian and displacement crisis, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) commends the Philippine government’s commitment in opening its doors to refugees fleeing Afghanistan, and its recent pledge during the United Nation’s flash appeal to extend financial aid for humanitarian response in the now Taliban-controlled country. As it has done […]
CHR commissioner laments DoLE chief’s statement; says migrant workers’ rights also a priority
Press Release from the Office of Commissioner Gwendolyn Ll. Pimentel-Gana | 29 March 2018 Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed disappointment over a recent statement of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III criticizing the CHR for its focus on political crimes and the war against illegal drugs rather than on migrant […]
CHR seeks reforms towards better protection of migrant workers’ rights
PRESS RELEASE | 27 January 2018 The Commission on Human Rights welcomed the move of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to look into the deaths of seven (7) OFWs while issuing a suspension on the deployment of domestic workers to Kuwait. Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana, the CHR’s focal person for migrant workers’ rights, said the […]