CHR spearheads the 2024 National Human Rights Consciousness Week, a celebration of human dignity and empowerment
Dignidad, Karapatan, at Kalayaan — Ipagdiwang! The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), together with the inter-agency committee, proudly kicks off the 2024 National Human Rights Consciousness Week on 04 December 2024 at the Liwasang Diokno, CHR Central Office. This year’s theme, “Empowering Humanity: Upholding Dignity, Protecting Rights, and Promoting Peace,” serves as a rallying call […]
CHR, gov’t agencies open the 2021 National Human Rights Consciousness Week with call for equality amid the pandemic
QUEZON CITY—The 2021 National Human Rights Consciousness Week (NHRCW) opened on Monday, 1 December, bannering the call to address inequalities presently being experienced by Filipinos compounded by the present Covid-19 pandemic. “Our survival as human beings is dependent on the preservation of human rights,” said Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit during her […]
Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the string of arrests on Human Rights Day
It is concerning that the celebration of the National Human Rights Consciousness Week (4-10 December 2020) ended with a string of arrests of journalist and trade unionists on the International Human Rights Day, Thursday, 10 December. The arrested individuals—Lady Ann Salem, Dennise Velasco, Mark Ryan Cruz, Romina Raiselle Astudillo, Jaymie Gregorio, Joel Demate, and Rodrigo […]
Inter-agency solidarity program kick-off the human rights week; various celebratory activities set to roll-out
The National Human Rights Consciousness Week (NHRCW) formally opened today, 4 December 2020, with an interagency solidarity program at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Central Office in Quezon City. The activity aims to re-affirm the commitment, and share efforts and plans of the members of the National Committee for the NHRCW to uphold human […]