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UN Submissions
Through this HRC Resolution 31/6, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to prepare a study on article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions, and to present the study to the Human Rights Council before its thirty-seventh session.
UN Submissions
UN Submissions
UN Submissions
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Statement, Statements
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
Brief Statement, Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights is alarmed by the PNP Internal Affairs Service’s (IAS) report that more than 450 inmates have died under police custody under the current administration, including the recent deaths of eight inmates inside the New Bilibid
Press Statement, Statements
The right to life is a natural right guaranteed to all individuals without distinction and goes beyond the rights to mere existence. From this basic entitlement, every individual has the corresponding rights to liberty and security from cruel, inhumane, and
Press Statement, Statements
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) denounces the violence that erupted during a campaign rally in Barangay Nagtupacan, Lagangilang, Abra on 07 April 2025. According to initial reports, the altercation began as a brawl and escalated into a gunfight, claiming
Press Statement, Statements
The recent rise in illnesses and viruses has deprived Filipinos of various opportunities to live comfortably, making it an ongoing challenge in the country. Despite the passage of various legislations and initiatives aimed at addressing this problem, much remains to
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines remains one of 23 countries who have yet to fully reopen schools. Education, supposedly the greatest equalizer, has posed to further divide and alienate the most marginalized children in our society, placing
Press Release, Press Statement, Statements
Gunned down in public and in broad daylight, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) condemns the killing of lawyer Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales-Alzate. Based on initial news reports, two unidentified assailants boarding a motorcycle got close to the lawyer’s vehicle