Human Rights

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On the anniversary of the mysterious disappearance on October 14, 2000, of six workers of the Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines (PICOP) Resources, Inc. in Agusan del Sur, human rights groups, once again, dared the government to solve the decade-old case.

A New York-based human rights watchdog said President Aquino has yet to fulfill his campaign promise to address human rights abuses and eradicate private armies, which according to the group, “jeopardizes his stated commitment to justice.”

Brussels, 5 October 2010 (ITUC OnLine): As the East African Community (EAC) is a creating a common market, the East African HTUR network, established last July in Nairobi as part of the ITUC HTUR programme, will meet in Kigali on 6 and 7 October to debate about the integration of a clause on human and…

THE UNITED Nations Human Rights Committee has found the Philippine government responsible for the 2002 death of human rights worker Benjaline Hernandez who was shot dead by paramilitary forces.

CEBU province has the most recorded cases of human rights violation in Central Visayas. Out of 97 cases in the region this year, Cebu has 65 cases, said Leo Villarino, special investigator of the Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) during a forum yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Members of civil society organizations (CSOs) received an extra tool from veteran journalists in monitoring human rights issues in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – Majority of extrajudicial cases in the country remain unsolved with only a 1.05% successful conviction rate during the period 2001-2010, a recent study revealed.

The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), an international human rights organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday called on the newly-established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to seriously address housing rights violations in the region.

MANILA, Philippines – Only four of the 305 reported cases of unexplained killings in the country have resulted in convictions since 2001, a study by a human rights lawyer showed.

MANILA, Philippines — The new leadership of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will push for the establishment of a human rights help desk in every police station in the country amid allegations of torture allegedly perpetrated by an officer and his men on an arrested snatcher in Manila.

Only 1 percent of the extrajudicial killings during the nine years of the Arroyo administration and the first two months of the Aquino administration have been resolved in court, a recent study showed. According to the report by human rights lawyer Al A. Parreño in partnership with the Asia Foundation, only four of the 305…

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…

A RECENT survey conducted by the European Union has shown the need for further education and training on human rights from the ranks of the military.

The alleged human rights violations committed during the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will not be the priority of the new chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights. Newly-installed CHR chief Loretta Ann Rosales said she will let critics of the previous administration file the charges, which they deem necessary. “The CHR is an…

Freedom House: When we weaken unions, we weaken the entire democratic fabric MANILA, Philippines—Communist-run nations around the world have been striking down workers’ rights and repressing labor unions, an international human rights watchdog revealed.

An unidentified gunman shot dead an activist and court sheriff in Balangiga town in Eastern Samar province, in what seems to be another extra-judicial killing under the Aquino administration.

MANILA, Philippines – A Palace spokesman on Tuesday said former Akbayan party-list representative Etta Rosales is determined to investigate cases of enforced disappearances in the country in her new capacity as chairwoman of the Commission on Human Rights.

Senator Francis Escudero Monday filed a bill granting the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) prosecutorial powers over delineated human rights cases to meet the rising demands of victims and the general public over human rights violations.

TORTURE is not a new phenomenon. The Romans, claiming intellectual superiority over the world’s multitudinous races, chained and caged their captives, sold them on a slave market, and sometimes trained them for gruesome combat as gladiators in their ancient coliseums. Jesus Christ was not spared. He was scourged with a horse whiplash, crowned with thorns,…

EARLY this month, the UN special envoy for Burma (also known as Myanmar), Tomas Ojea Quintana wrote a letter to the chairman, Do Ngoc Son, of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) asking for a meeting to exchange views on their respective organisations and activities. The request was quickly turned down.

JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday said she plans to create a special team of prosecutors to solely handle the investigation of cases of extrajudicial killings that became rampant during the Arroyo administration.

The military has extended a controversial anti-insurgency battle plan that progressive organizations have linked to extra-judicial killings of persons identified with the left.

Lieutenant General Ricardo David, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, said the soldiers’ manual, “will become the Filipino soldier’s ‘bible’ in our internal security campaign.”

MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has corrected a 2009 report that had identified a slain union leader as a drug supplier. The CHR explained that it had made a mistake when a report from its National Capital Region office identified Nestle union president Diosdado Fortuna as a drug supplier and said that his…

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) takes discipline in the military one notch higher with the release of the “AFP Human Rights Handbook,” which shall serve as the Filipino soldier’s “bible” as he carry out the armed forces’ internal security campaign. A soft release of the AFP Human Rights Handbook was held Thursday afternoon…

A FILIPINO authority on human rights has been unanimously elected chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – A local newspaper publisher in Nueva Ecija was killed by unidentified gunmen last Sunday and policemen are still clueless on the motive behind the crime.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced yesterday it is coming up with a human rights handbook to serve as a guide for the military in conducting operations against all “threat groups,” including the communist New People’s Army.

A lawmaker in the House of Representatives on Monday moved to amend the Witness Protection Program Act, following President Benigno Aquino III’s call encouraging witnesses to speak up on unresolved crimes and allegations of corruptions in government.