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Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the guilty verdict against Imelda Marcos of graft charges

  • November 9, 2018
  • 3:39 AM

The Commission on Human Rights welcomes the decision of the Sandiganbayan convicting Imelda Marcos guilty of the graft charges committed when the former First Lady occupied different positions under the Marcos dictatorship. Despite being a long process, this conviction is nonetheless a triumph for the Filipino people, especially for the victims of human rights violations under martial law, in the face of historical revisionism.

The Commission stresses the need for truth so that we call ultimately hold the dictatorship and their cohorts accountable for their crimes. We will continue to be vigilant in this process in the interest of upholding justice for the victims of such transgressions. We will never forget

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Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann C. de Guia, on safeguarding the rights and welfare of our healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19
  • March 23, 2020
  • 9:45 AM

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Statement of CHR Executive Director, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the death of a student allegedly shot by a non-uniformed police personnel in Davao City
  • July 9, 2022
  • 4:33 AM

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Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the recent Supreme Court decision on marriage equality
  • January 9, 2020
  • 9:19 AM

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Statement of CHR Deputy Spokesperson, Marc Louis Siapno, on the appeal to CHR to withhold clearance for General Parlade’s retirement
  • July 9, 2021
  • 10:27 AM

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Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the claimed water crisis
  • March 14, 2019
  • 3:43 AM

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CHR stresses need to uphold IPRA and NCIP autonomy
  • April 14, 2025
  • 8:18 AM
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Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the alleged reports of cruel and degrading punishment meted to minors in Trece Martires, Cavite

  • October 1, 2021
  • 7:47 AM

The Commission on Human Rights has recently been made aware of a video showing four minors made to walk naked as punishment for allegedly bathing in the river. While the Commission understands the importance of discipline in child rearing, the

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Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the alleged rescue of Lumad children in Cebu

  • February 16, 2021
  • 4:00 AM

The Commission on Human Rights has already dispatched an investigation team yesterday, 15 February 2021, to look into the situation involving the alleged rescue of Lumad children in a university in Cebu City. Given the different claims involving the incident,

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Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline de Guia, on the Women’s Month celebration

  • March 2, 2020
  • 12:23 AM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is one with all the women everywhere in the world in the celebration of Women’s Month with the theme “Generation equality: the vision we work for women and girls” alongside the #EachforEqual theme for

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Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline de Guia, on the reported deaths and arrests in Southern Tagalog

  • March 8, 2021
  • 6:28 AM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) calls on the government to urgently investigate the string of killings and arrests in several areas in Southern Tagalog on Sunday, 7 March 2021, given the brutal nature of the deaths and allegations of

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Statement of Executive Director, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, welcoming DepEd’s promotion of 100% face-to-face classes

  • May 31, 2022
  • 3:20 AM

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

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Statement of the Commission on Human Rights over a viral video allegedly showing a transgender woman being compelled to get a haircut as a condition for enrollment at a school in Manila

  • March 18, 2024
  • 6:21 AM

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

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