Statement of the Commission on Human Rights strongly decrying the recent series of violence against women
Trigger warning: Murder, rape, killings, assault As Gender Ombud, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) denounces and calls for justice for the recent series of separate heinous violence committed against women in various areas in the country. In Antipolo City, the dismembered body parts of a woman who was reported missing were found under a […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the increasing prevalence of violence in communities
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has launched its independent motu proprio investigations on the deaths of barangay councilor Aldrin Ativa Santos in Sta. Maria, Bulacan and college student Leanne Duguesing who was stabbed to death in a dormitory in Dasmariñas City, Cavite. According to local police authorities, the councilor’s lone gunman remains unidentified, while […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights supporting the calls to ratify ILO Convention 190 to eradicate violence and harassment against women workers
Since the 1970s, the country’s labor market has been driven by export-oriented economic policies that employ women in industries such as domestic care, textile and garment production, food processing, and electronics manufacturing.[1][2] While this en masse recruitment of Filipina laborers paved the way for progress in addressing gender gap issues in terms of economic opportunities, […]
Gender Ombud calls for justice and condemns GBV against women and girls
The Commission on Human Rights, as Gender Ombud condemns and calls for justice for the recent acts of violence committed against women and girls this holiday season. On 22 December 2022, a four year old girl from Pangasinan was a victim of rape-slay. Three days later, 25 December 2022, a woman was shot to death […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the red-tagging of an LGBTQI leader on SMNI news program
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses deep concern on the red-tagging of Irish Inoceto, the chairperson of the Iloilo Pride Team, by anchors Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz and Dr. Lorraine Marie Badoy, on the SMNI program “Laban kasama ang Bayan” aired on 24 October 2022. In the said program, the anchors claimed that Inoceto […]
Statement of CHR Executive Director, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the recent spate of violence perpetrated against women and killings across different localities in the country
The right to life is a natural right guaranteed to all individuals without distinction and goes beyond the rights to mere existence. From this basic entitlement, every individual has the corresponding rights to liberty and security from cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment. It is most concerning that the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has in […]
Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, supporting the passage on second reading of the Senate Bill declaring child marriage as illegal
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the passage on second reading of Senate Bill No. 1373 or ‘Girls Not Brides Act’ on Monday, 12 October 2020—a day after the observance of the International Day of the Girl Child. While the country is still in the middle of a health crisis, such legislative move is […]
Ensuring Gender-Responsive Interventions to COVID-19 and the New Normal Including Ensuring Prompt, Effective, and Survivor-Centered Response to All Forms of Gender-Based Violence
Read the Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2020-01 of the Commission on Human Rights and the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Ensuring Gender-Responsive Interventions to COVID-19 and the New Normal Including Ensuring Prompt, Effective, and Survivor-Centered Response to All Forms of Gender-Based Violence. Download file here