Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline de Guia, in response to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ call for independent probe on recent killings of human rights advocates
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the statement of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calling for an independent and transparent probe into the killings, violence, and threats against human rights workers and advocates. CHR hopes that the government heeds expediently to this repeated call with concrete steps that would ascertain accountability and […]
Concluding Remarks of the Commission on Human Rights on the UN OHCHR Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines
delivered by CHR Commissioner Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit 30 June 2020 Thank you Y our Excellencies. The response of our Government before the Council, the issues and concerns raised on the floor will help us calibrate how we can move forward and offer our assistance to improve the human rights situation on the ground. On the […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the UN OHCHR Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines
delivered by CHR Commissioner Karen S. Gomez Dumpit Commissioner30 June 2020 Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights – as the world endures the impact of the pandemic, it is our privilege and duty to speak before you today. The Commission on Human Rights welcomes the […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the report on the human rights situation in the Philippines by the UN Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on the human rights situation in the Philippines. As the country’s national human rights institution, we call on the government to acknowledge and address its observations with definitive steps necessary to establish […]
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Improving accountability and access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuse through State-based non-judicial mechanisms
38th session of the Human Rights Council Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Improving accountability and access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuse through State-based non-judicial mechanisms JOINT NHRI STATEMENT 25 June 2018 The NHRIs of Cameroon, Bolivia, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, India, Ireland, Morocco, and the Philippines, representing the […]