先住民コミュニティのメンバーに平等な雇用機会を確保することを目指す上院法案1026を支持する人権委員会の声明

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) encourages the approval of the Senate Bill No. 1026 (SB 1026), which aims to address the issues of poverty and inequalities affecting members of indigenous communities by providing them with access to equal employment opportunities and prohibiting discriminatory acts in their hiring and dismissal from work. Introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, the “Equal Employment Opportunities to Members of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICC) Act” focuses on measures, which guarantee that indigenous peoples (IPs) rights are respected. Under the bill, the government is mandated to reserve at least 10 percent of the rank-and-file positions in government services to IPs in areas where indigenous cultural communities’ […]

Statement of Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana, CHR Focal Commissioner for the Protection Cluster, on the recent deaths linked to serving search warrants to indigenous peoples in Panay

It is with utmost concern that the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has launched a motu proprio investigation into the deaths of nine (9) indigenous peoples (IPs) from the remote villages of Panay Island. The said IP members allegedly fought back when search warrants were being served at the dawn of 30 December 2020. Several other IP community members were also arrested over same allegations of illegal possession of firearms, ammunition, and explosives. Those who were killed and arrested were reportedly members of Tumanduk nga Mangunguma nga Nagapangapin sang Duta kag Kabuhi (Tumanduk), an alliance of 17 indigenous communities in Tapaz and Jamindan towns in Capiz and Calinog in Iloilo. […]

ルマド学校への爆撃は国際人道法に違反する – CHR

11 August 2017 PRESS RELEASE   Bombing of lumad schools against int’l humanitarian law – CHR QUEZON CITY—The Commission on Human Rights took a stand against threats to bomb lumad schools saying that it would violate the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) that gives protection to non-combatants, civilians, as well as civilian properties and institutions, during armed conflict. “Paalala lang na ang pambobomba ng mga eskwelahan, ospital o anumang institusyong sibilyan ay labag po sa International Humanitarian Law. Tungkulin po ng estado na respetuhin ito,” said CHR Chairperson Jose Luis Martin “Chito” Gascon in light of the celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, August 9, […]