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
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International Equal Pay Day
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against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
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7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
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21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
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29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
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Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
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Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
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Last Friday: National Maritime Day
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