[WATCH] Opening message of CHR Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit’s for the celebration of the UN International Day of Older Persons and the kick-off event for the Filipino Elderly Week:

The recent bombing in Jolo, Sulu is cruel and inhuman. No one should be made to suffer from such violence. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) strongly condemns this attack against innocent civilians, which left at least 14 dead and

Statement of CHR Executive Director, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, lauding the Philippine Coast Guard for the installation of navigational buoys in the West Philippine Sea

The Commission on Human Rights lauds the Philippine Coast Guard for its installation of five navigational buoys near four Philippine-held detachments in the Kalayaan Island Group (Spratly Islands) in the West Philippine Sea to ensure safer navigation of ships and

Responses to Call for Inputs: General Assembly Resolution 70/166: Effective Promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, and Addendum to the CHRP Inputs

CHR updated the Indigenous and Minorities Section of the OHCHR on the status of the comprehensive anti-discrimination bills as well as the situations of indigenous peoples and minority groups. DOWNLOAD FILE HERE

Statement of the Commission on Human Rights denouncing the attempted ambush against a vice mayor in Maguindanao del Sur

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses deep concern over the attempted ambush of another local official in Maguindanao del Sur. In line with its mandate, the Commission has deployed a Quick Response Operation (QRO) team to conduct a motu

Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the series of attempts to link NUJP to the communist movement

The Commission raises concern once more on the growing trend of tagging vocal groups or individuals as “leftist” or “communist” with the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines as the latest organization to be labeled as such. This fresh

Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the rights of persons deprived of liberty during the COVID-19 pandemic

Even in detention, there is a continuing obligation to treat all persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) with respect as humans with inherent dignity. This includes the prohibition against cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment, while still recognising the need to be