Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the House of Representatives’ revised minimum age of criminal responsibility to 12 years old
The Commission on Human Rights is deeply alarmed that, despite calls of experts on child development and advocates of children’s rights, members of the House of Representatives are still firm on reducing the minimum age of criminal responsibility from what the current law sets at 15 years old. In 2018, only 58 [facilities] are operational and only 8 of which have been accredited by the DSWD. The current Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, which requires appropriate funding and support from the government, has yet to be fully and properly implemented. Local governments have already been mandated then to establish, fund, and manage Bahay Pag-asa facilities, with appropriate programs for delinquents. […]
Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana on the proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility
Oppose the lowering of age of criminal responsibility for our children’s better future On Monday, 21 January 2019, the Committee on Justice of the House of Representatives approved a measure that would reduce the minimum age of criminal liability from 15 to nine (9) years old. In the Senate, a similar proposal sets the lowered age at 12 years. Lowering the age of criminal responsibility be it to 9 or 12 years old is a simplistic response that disregards the complexity of juvenile delinquency. The problem on juvenile delinquency, prefatorily, is rooted on socio-economic factors, such as poverty and lack of opportunities that lead to exploitation of minors, who, in […]
下院司法委員会が刑事責任の最低年齢を9歳に引き下げる承認を行ったことに関する、CHR広報担当ジャクリーン・アン・デ・ギア弁護士の声明
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is alarmed with the trajectory of the proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal liability from 15 to nine (9) years old at the House of Representatives. While still at the Committee level, the CHR expresses its strong opposition to the said measure. We stress the government’s obligation to protect our children, in line with the commitment we accepted when we signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our Constitution is also explicit that children should be protected from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitations, and other conditions prejudicial to their development. We urge the government to address conditions […]
Mungkahi ng CHR kaugnay sa panukalang babaan sa 9 ang edad ng 犯罪になるかもしれないパナナグタン
Binigyang-diin muli ng Komisyon an gaming mungkahi na pagtuunan ang masigasig na pagpapatupad ng R.A. 9344 o Juvenile Justice Welfare Act para sa rehabilitasyon at sapat na intervention para mga sa batang lumabag sa batas. Maraming kakulangan na dapat pagtuunan. Pangunahin dito ay ang paglaan ng sapat na pondo para sa pagtatayo ng mga Bahay Pag-asa facilities at pagdagdag ng mga propesyonal na tutulong sa rehabilitasyon ng mga batang nagkasala sa batas. Bilang mga bata, sila ay dumadaan pa lamang sa pinakamahalagang parte ng kanilang mga buhay. Kailangan nila ang pagkalinga at tamang paggabay na inaahasan mula sa kanilang mga magulang at mga kapamilya; sa kanilang komunidad na kinabibilangan; at […]
Pahayag ng CHR kaugnay sa panukalang babaan sa 9 ang edad ng 犯罪になるかもしれないパナナグタン
Inuulit namin ang aming lubos na pagtutol sa panukalang babaan sa 9 ang edad ng may kriminal na pananagutan. Ang rason na binanggit ng mga nagpanukala ay upang proteksyonan ang mga bata mula sa mga sindikatong gumagamit sa kanila. Kung gayon, ang dapat pagtuunan ay ang pagtugis sa mga sindikato at pagtiyak na mapatawan sila ng mabigat na kaparusahan sang-ayon sa batas. Ang pagpasa ng responsibilidad at pagpataw ng kaparusahan sa mga bata para sa pagkakamali at pang-aabuso ng iilang tao at sindikato ay taliwas sa responsibilidad ng Estado na pangalagaan ang interes at kapakanan ng mga bata. Bukod pa dito, hindi pa napapatunayan na ang pagbibilanggo sa mga bata […]
CHRはフィリピン政府に、現地の人権状況に対処するよう要請
19 May 2017 PRESS RELEASE CHR urges PHL gov’t: address human rights situation on the ground QUEZON CITY—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) urged the current administration to address the recommendations of the 95 United Nations (UN) member states on the human rights situation in the country voiced out during the 3rd Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session in Geneva, Switzerland. “We belong to the international community. We are answerable to whatever happens in the Philippines, specifically to the human rights situation on the ground,” said CHR Commissioner Karen Gomez Dumpit during an interview. “We are accountable, especially the government, because they are in-charge of implementing the laws and policies of […]