Statement of the Commission on Human Rights in support of Senate Bill 1026 that seeks to ensure equal employment opportunities to members of indigenous communities
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) encourages the approval of the Senate Bill No. 1026 (SB 1026), which aims to address the issues of poverty and inequalities affecting members of indigenous communities by providing them with access to equal employment opportunities and prohibiting discriminatory acts in their hiring and dismissal from work. Introduced by Senator […]
Statement of Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana, CHR Focal Commissioner for the Protection Cluster, on the recent deaths linked to serving search warrants to indigenous peoples in Panay
It is with utmost concern that the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has launched a motu proprio investigation into the deaths of nine (9) indigenous peoples (IPs) from the remote villages of Panay Island. The said IP members allegedly fought back when search warrants were being served at the dawn of 30 December 2020. Several […]
Bombing of lumad schools against int’l humanitarian law – CHR
11 August 2017 PRESS RELEASE Bombing of lumad schools against int’l humanitarian law – CHR QUEZON CITY—The Commission on Human Rights took a stand against threats to bomb lumad schools saying that it would violate the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) that gives protection to non-combatants, civilians, as well as civilian properties and institutions, during […]