CHRはプライドマーチ2024に参加し、議会でSOGIESC法案と包括的差別禁止法案の可決を訴える
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is one with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community in celebrating this year’s Pride Month. Consistent with our mantra, “CHR ng Lahat: Naglilingkod maging sino ka man,” we highlight the critical role of the government in upholding equality in a society free from discrimination. As part of this year’s Pride festivities, the Commission took part in the Quezon City local government’s #LoveLaban2Everyone: Pride PH Festival on 22 June 2024. Through the Center for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights (CGEWHR), we reaffirmed our call for the equal rights and dignity of all during the event. The Commission featured a line-up […]
マニラの学校に入学する条件として、トランスジェンダーの女性が髪を切ることを強制されているとされる動画が拡散したことに対する人権委員会の声明
The Commission on Human Rights expresses its deep concern over a viral video showing a transgender woman getting a haircut inside a classroom after allegedly being denied enrollment due to the length of her hair at the Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST) in Manila. We are also alarmed that despite numerous joint discussions and demand letters to raise this kind of concern drafted by various organisations, including Bahagari-EARIST, numerous complaints continue to emerge as a result of the school’s administrative protocols. According to published reports, the 2021 EARIST student handbook’s code of conduct and discipline requires male students to get a barber’s haircut. Meanwhile, the only […]
第19回議会におけるSOGIE平等法案の延期に関する人権委員会の声明
The Commission, as Gender and Development Ombud, expresses serious concern over the current setbacks in the deliberation of the SOGIE Equality bills in the 19th Congress. For the past 23 years, the Commission has stood with SOGIE Equality champions in stressing the urgency of passing a measure that prohibits all forms of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and sex characteristics. We have stressed that the passage of the law complies with our international human rights obligations and we have presented accounts of discrimination against LGBTQI to support our position. Like many of the equality champions and advocates, it is our appeal that the 19th Congress […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the rejection of the Philippine delegation of the recommendation during the Universal Periodic Review to pass the SOGIE Equality Bill
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Sunday, 19 November 2022, relayed through a radio programme that the Philippine delegation to the country’s 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations outright rejected several recommendations, including the passage of the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill, for being “not acceptable” in the Philippines as a pre-dominantly Catholic country. Speaking in Filipino, he was further quoted in reports saying: “They want the SOGIE Bill for same-sex marriage to have the same as in their countries. So, that’s not acceptable for us.” While respect for other people’s beliefs is part of upholding other people’s rights, the Commission […]
Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the Sogie Equality Bill being against women’s rights
This is the statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the Sogie Equality Bill being against women’s rights
Position Paper on the Anti-Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression Bill
The Commission supports measure to protect people with diverse SOGIE from discrimination, including those addressing issues of employment and associated rights. The passage of the Anti-discrimination Bill based on SOGIE will be a major step towards fulfilling the State’s duty to respect, protect, and fulfill the human rights of all. DOWNLOAD FILE HERE