Statement of Commission on Human Rights on the repeated incidences of red-tagging against educators and teacher organisations
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has consistently condemned the carte blanche act of red-tagging[1][2], especially when coming from elected government officials. As the country’s independent national human rights institution, CHR cannot stand idly by amid the persistent red-tagging of students, educators, and civil organisations in the country. We have stressed, time and again, that […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights welcoming Executive Order No. 23 for the creation of an inter-agency panel to protect workers’ rights to organise
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) acknowledges and welcomes Executive Order (EO) No. 23, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on 30 April 2023, which mandates the creation of an Inter-Agency Committee for the Protection of the Freedom of Association and Right to Organise of Workers. EO 23 directs the implementation, coordination, and monitoring of […]