Position Papers (2nd Commission)

1997

1998

Position Paper on HB Prohibiting the Public display of Persons Arrested,Accused

1999

Position Paper on HB No. 8010 or Amending Article 176 of Executive Order No. 209 also known as Family Code of the Philippines
Position Paper on HB No. 6520 Amending for the Purpose Section 10 of Presidential Decree No. 968 or Probation Law of 1976
Position Paper on HB No. 3467 or Authorizing the Commission on Human Rights to document reports of personal injury, detention, death, torture, suffering, captivity, imprisonment, rape, other atrocities and human rights violation committed by the Japanese Military Forces against Filipinos during the World War from December 07, 1941 to September 1945
Position Paper on HB No. 968 Establishing Resource Development and Crisis Assistance Centers for Women and Children in Every Region of the Philippines
Position Paper on HB Nos. 3029, 5950, 564, 30, 6681, 5090, and 2091 or Hospital Licensure Act of 1998 (Hospital and Health Service Establishments Licensure Act
Position Paper on HB No. 7179 or Improving Philippine Commitment to Human Rights Promotion and Protection by Amending Batas Pambasna Bilang 22, entitled ‘An Act Penalizing the Making or Drawing and Issuance of a Check Without Sufficient Funds of Credit and for Other Purposes
Position Paper on HB No. 7979 Institutionalizing Drug Test as one of the Requisites of Medical Examination for OFWs
Position Paper on HB No. 6343 Legalizing Abortion on Specific Cases
Position Paper on HB No. 6993 Legalizing Divorce in the Philippines
Position Paper on HB Nos. 2729 and 3055 Local Governemnt Units and Judicial Branches of Government to undergo mandatory training on human rights
Position Paper on HB No. 7866 Mandating all Public and Private Schools to Require their Students in the Elementary, Secondary, and Tertiary Levels to Undergo a Yearly Drug Test as a Prerequisite for Enrollment and Providing Penalties for Violation Thereof
Position Paper on HB No. 2091 Prohibiting Hospitals Clinics from Requiring Patients to Buy Prescribed Medicines and other Medical Needs at their Pharmacy or Drugstore, and Providing Penalties Therefor
Position Paper on HB 2730 Providing for the Rights of the Accused and the Persons Under Investigation for the Commission of a Crime, Providing for Civil and Criminal Penalties in Case of Violation
Position Paper on HB 7504 Providing for the Stabilization and Regulation of Rentals of Commercial Buildings and Spaces and Providing Penalties for Violations
Position Paper on HB 5345 Requiring the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth as of December 31, 1997
Position Paper on Proposed Amnesty to Rebels and Government Forces
Position Paper SB No. 1443 on Requiring the teaching of Human Rights as mandatory in all public and private schools
Position Paper on SB No. 680 Prohibiting Wire, Electronic and Oral Communications Interception and Providing Penalties
Position Paper on SB Nos. 39, 509, and HB No. 88 to Prevent Graft and Corruption and Improve Government Services to the People by Cutting Government Bureaucratic Red Tape

2000

2001

Position Paper on SB No. 782 Legalizing Divorce,Amending for the Purpose Title II and Articles 55 to 67 Thereunder of Executive No. 209, as Amended by Executive Order No. 227, Otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines

TREATIES

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ( CAT )

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ( CEDAW )

Position Paper on HB No. 6343 Legalizing Abortion on Specific Cases

Convention on the Rights of the Child ( CRC )

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR )