The Philippines is one of the few countries in the world, that is advance in terms of institutionalizing its duty on human rights. 1. The Barangay Human Rights Action Center (BHRAC) was created in 1994 by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Department of Interior and Local Government. It seeks to empower the people at the grassroots level to promote and protect human rights as well as bring the services of the CHR closer to the people.
2. Formally, the BHRAC is created through a Barangay Resolution. It is manned by a Barangay Human Rights Action Officer (BHRAO) who is elected in a Barangay Assembly. The BHRAO should not be a political appointee, does not hold an elective position and is not engaged in partisan politics.
3. The BHRAO’s functions include the following; Complaints Processing, Coordination and Referral, Mobilization and Information and Education. There are more than 14, 408 BHRACs in the Philippines. Simply put one does not need to go to CHR headquarters in Manila to file complaints about human rights violations or know more about what human rights is all about.
Visit your barangay to inquire about your BHRAC and who your BHRAO is. If there is none start a petition in your community to establish a BHRAC. For more information on BHRAC visit the website of the CHR at http://www.chr.gov.ph/MAIN%20PAGES/services/link_devt1b_gco.htm.
Be Aware. Be Informed. Be Empowered.
Team Democracy handles the PODER and G-WATCH programs of the Ateneo School of Government. To know more about them, visit www.asg.ateneo.edu . –TEAM DEMOCRACY ATENEO SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, Manila Times
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
