Statement of the Commission on Human Rights supporting the new PNP chief’s commitment to address criminality through innovation guided by accountability and transparency
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the appointment of Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil as the new chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), effective 1 April 2024. CHR looks forward to the new leadership of PNP Chief Marbil, who expressed his commitment to improve the current progress of the agency in reducing the crime rate in the Philippines through innovative practices in the law enforcement. We commend the PNP’s plans to progress towards the use of emerging technologies to further widen its reach across communities and develop their capability to address new forms of criminality. Emerging threats, such as cybercrime and transnational crimes, highlight the evolving landscape of […]
CHR広報担当ジャクリーン・アン・デ・ギア弁護士によるPNP-PDEA誤認事件とボディカメラの必要性に関する声明
Last week Wednesday’s operation, which caused the lives of four anti-drug operatives, is a wakeup call for the quick implementation and release of body cameras or body cams for police officers and dashboard cameras in all patrol vehicles. The Commission supports the purchase and use of body cams for police officers, especially those conducting field operations. The use of body cams will help greatly increase police efforts to ensure transparency and accountability in its operations, particularly at the time when an increasing number of law enforcers are deployed to ensure compliance with community quarantine measure or when the conduct and legality of certain raids, arrests, or other anti-crime activities are […]
国連総会における大統領の発言に関する人権委員会の声明
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) notes the statement of the President before the United Nations General Assembly, particularly on affirming the government’s commitment to protect human rights. As the country’s independent national human rights institution, CHR acknowledges that government can do more and better in fulfilling its obligations in protecting the human rights of all. We echo the view that, while impunity did not start from this administration alone, this government has a definite role in ending it or, at the very least, not making it worse with present attitudes and behaviours. It is contrary to democracy to depict dissent and protests as efforts to destabilise. Sectors, such as […]