Statement of the Commission on Human Rights denouncing the recent cases of rape in Lucena City, Quezon and Naga City, Cebu
(Trigger warning: Sexual assault, rape, murder, death) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Region IV-A and VII are doing their independent and parallel investigation into the recent separate cases of rape of two minors in Lucena City, Quezon and Naga City, Cebu. According to the Lucena police, the naked dead body of an 8-year girl old believed to be raped was found at a vacant lot in Brgy. Gulang-Gulang in the morning of 31 May 2023. Her face was plastered and there were bruises all over her body. In Cebu province, a 16-year-old Grade 10 student was reportedly ‘gang-raped’ by at least five classmates and schoolmates on the evening […]
子どもを標的とした性的虐待と暴力の急増を強く非難する人権委員会の声明
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) strongly condemns the unrelated cases of rape that occurred on April 2023, all of which targeted children ten years old or younger. The first case happened on 7 April 2023 in Barangay Cabuco, Trece Martires, Cavite, where a seven-year-old girl was found injured on a riverbank. Though active bystanders chased off the then-unknown suspect and rushed the victim to a hospital, she was unfortunately declared dead on arrival. Later investigation and witness accounts identified the suspect as the victim’s godfather who was seen under the heavy influence of alcohol on the same morning of the incident. The second case occurred on 9 April 2023 […]
Statement of CHR Executive Director, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the protection of children in schools and the sexual abuse allegations surrounding teachers in Cavite and Camarines Norte
As children learn best in safe environments, the Department of Education (DepEd)’s Child Protection Policy was formulated with the aim of protecting young learners from cruelty, abuse, harm, and other conditions prejudicial to their development carried out by adults, persons in authority, and/or their fellow students. The creation of Child Rights in Education Desk and the Child Protection Unit, as well as the subsequent adoption of the Rights-Based Education Framework for Philippine Basic Education, further strengthen DepEd’s commitment in upholding the broad range of rights of children in education. It is thus concerning how individuals tasked with educating young children have been allegedly involved in actions that are unbecoming of […]
CHR事務局長ジャクリーン・アン・デ・ギア弁護士による、ラグナ州とブラカン州における女児に対する最近の暴力に関する声明
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses grave concern and condemns the recent violence and indignities experienced by two girl children in Laguna and Bulacan, aged seven- and 15-years old respectively. A 15-year old female biker was reported missing in Bulacan on 9 August 2022 and was later found lifeless on 12 August in a grassy area along the Brgy. Bonga Menor, Bustos in the same province. Her body shows marks of cigarette burns. In Pila, Laguna, a seven-year old girl was also found lifeless inside a sack at a back of a house. The child was found on Monday, 15 August 2022, without clothes and her body showing signs […]
Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the death of Christine Dacera
The Commission on Human Rights is deeply concerned, and condemns the incident surrounding the death of flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera. While preliminary investigation by the Philippine National Police showed that the cause of death was due to ruptured aortic aneurysm, visible lacerations and other evidence based on the medico-legal report points to factors of abuse, which include forcible sexual misconduct. Pending the release of toxicology reports, the Commission shall conduct its own investigation in coordination with local authorities to inquire about the nature of death and ensure justice for the victim. As one of the sectors who most experience abuse, the government must ensure that greater protection be accorded […]
CHRの広報担当者、ジャクリーン・アン・デ・ギア弁護士による、大統領の家事労働者への性的虐待の自白に関する声明
人権委員会は、大統領が10代の頃に家事労働者の女性に性的虐待を行ったと公言したことを強く非難します。このような発言を正当化する、容認できる歪曲や言い訳は一切ありません。言葉は重要です。女性はしばしば様々な形態の暴力の対象となってきました。なぜなら、このような発言は女性に対する屈辱的な扱いを常態化させるからです。宮殿は、大統領が「高校時代に自身と同級生が受けた性的虐待の事実を誇張するために、滑稽な逸話をでっち上げた」と主張しています。しかし、虐待疑惑を理由に、女性を貶め、暴力を助長してはいけません。聖職者による性的虐待は、もし[…]