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Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the 23rd Anniversary of the passage of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act

Today, 29 October 2020, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses solidarity with the indigenous communities in the Philippines as the country commemorates the 23rd anniversary of the passage of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) and the National Indigenous Peoples Month in October. In 1997, the enactment of IPRA made the Philippines the first […]