マラカニアン宮殿がルマドの土地を投資家に開放する計画に関する人権委員会の声明
PRESS STATEMENT | 7 February 2018 Ensuring the economic, social, and cultural well-being of indigenous cultural communities (ICC) and indigenous peoples (IP) are among the duties of the State (Section 5, Article II, 1987 Constitution). At the heart of this is the protection of the rights of ICCs/IPs to their ancestral lands. Recently, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte proposed the possibility of opening the ancestral lands of Lumads to investors. While the President’s intention is to generate economic activity towards alleviating poverty in the Lumad area, it is vital to be circumspect when it comes to development plans involving ancestral domains. For the ICCs and IPs, ancestral lands are sacred – their […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the Proposed Charter Change
PRESS STATEMENT | 01 February 2018 21 December 2017 The Constitution is the formal written embodiment of the spirit and essence of the State. It contains the State’s guiding policies and principles, its structure of governance, its powers and limitations and its contract with its own people. It has a foundational role in society thus, any change to it must deliberate, widely supported, beyond reproach and free of any badge of malice of ill-motive. Any change to it must be perceived as an articulation of the advancement of State’s political maturity and development. The dictates of vested interests, whether economic or political in nature, must be shunned at all costs, lest […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the use of anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia in the Philippines
PRESS STATEMENT | 26 January 2018 Ensuring the protection of children is our collective duty and moral responsibility. The imperative of safeguarding our children entails not exposing them to any vulnerability and harm, especially to their health which is primordial in the attainment of their full development and enjoyment of life. Attaining and protecting this fundamental right of children is one of the primary duties of the State. As provided for in Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Constitution, it is a core policy of the State to protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. As duty-bearers, public officials and our […]
人権委員会による下院の委員会への1,000フィリピンペソの予算配分に関する声明
12 September 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the PHP 1,000 budget allocation of the House of Representatives for the Commission The Commission on Human Rights has always taken positions in favor of human rights. It does so without fear or favor, in a non-partisan manner, and as rightfully mandated by the 1987 Constitution. It is regretful that, in the performance of our duties, the House of Representatives opted to undermine our role as a check-and-balance mechanism of the government by allocating PHP 1,000 for our budget. We regret that despite continued clarifications on our mandate, they have wrongly perceived our role as combative rather […]
CHRは戸別訪問薬物検査政策の見直しを求め、すべての人々の権利を守る必要性を強調
2017年8月24日 プレスリリース CHR、戸別訪問薬物検査政策の見直しを要求、すべての人々の権利保護の必要性を強調 ケソン市—人権委員会（CHR）は、メトロマニラのケソン市パヤタスおよび近隣バランガイで警察が実施しているとされる戸別訪問薬物検査について懸念を表明し、その実施中に人権侵害が発生する可能性があると指摘した。「人権の観点から、無罪推定の原則に反する行為です。この政策は全面的に実施される前に、さらなる検討が必要です」と、CHRのホセ・ルイス・マーティン・「チト」・ガスコン委員長は述べている。「これは一種の介入であり、適切に適用されれば有益となる可能性があります。アン・ネラー・ナティン[…]
ミンダナオにおける戒厳令の宣言に関する人権委員会の声明
24 May 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao The Commission on Human Rights condemns the recent attacks of terrorist groups in the southern city of Marawi in Mindanao. We are with the nation in praying for the safety of our sisters and brothers caught in the crossfire, as well as with our security forces on the ground ensuring the safety of our fellow Filipinos. We urge the government to ensure that the rights of all Filipinos are upheld while addressing this humanitarian crisis in southern Philippines. The 1987 Constitution enforces the respect for all civil liberties and assures […]