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
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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