Statement of the Commission on Human Rights welcoming the implementing guidelines of Executive Order No. 77 and the institutionalization of the Inter-Agency Committee on International Humanitarian Law
As the country’s independent national human rights institution and designated permanent observer to the Inter-Agency Committee on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the issuance of the implementing guidelines of Executive Order (EO) No. 77 and expresses its full support for the institutionalization of the said committee. Through this issuance, […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the use of airstrikes and the humanitarian condition in Marawi City
10 June 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the use of airstrikes and the humanitarian condition in Marawi City The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) appeals to the Philippine government to consider calls to cease employing airstrikes in the besieged city of Marawi. This is in consonance with […]