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Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the conduct of a plebiscite to ratify the creation of a new Bangsamoro autonomous region

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the start of the plebiscite today, 21 January 2018, towards the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, envisioned to usher the creation of a new Bangsamoro autonomous region in Mindanao. Not only does this exercise gives way to the people’s right to political participation but, more importantly, asserts […]

Draft Bangsamoro Basic Law

Posititon Paper on the Draft Bangsamoro Basic Law The Commission on Human Rights recognizes the struggle of the Moro people in Southern Philippines for peace and self-determinations, as well as against historical injustice and oppression, within the framework of the 1987 Constitution. DOWNLOAD FILE HERE