ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is not bestowing the title of Human Rights City to Iloilo City or any other locality. "It is not CHR declaring the title. It will be a self-declaration by the Iloilo City government," said CHR-6 Director Jonnie Dabuco, following reports claiming...
The University of the Philippines (UP) has expressed sorrow over the deaths of two of its students who were killed, along with 17 others, during a military operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week. The university identified the students as Alyssa Alano and Maureen Santuyo in a statement...
Amid the word war triggered by opposing claims on what really happened in Taboso, Negros Occidental, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has initiated an investigation to determine whose side is telling the truth on the circumstances that led to the death of 19 people on April 19. Various groups...
There seems to be little hope in the country 's Bahay Pag-asa facilities. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lamented the poor conditions and child protection gaps in several Bahay Pag-asa (BPA) facilities across the country as it highlighted the urgent need to improve these facilities....
Health advocates on Friday, March 26, launched the ACCEPT Drug Education Modules in Quezon City, promoting a shift away from fear-based approaches to drug education in the Philippines. The modules, developed under the ACCEPT Project (Advancing Compassionate, Evidence-informed, Practical, and...
After 22 years, the Philippines is no longer included in the United Nations’ list of countries with grave child rights violations related to armed conflict. In a statement, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) accredited the exclusion from the list to the strengthened implementation of Republic...
BACOLOD CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate killings in Negros Island carried out by the New People’s Army (NPA). The 3rd ID said 28 individuals have been killed in Negros Island since March 2025 for an average of two fatalities per month....
The Philippine National Police (PNP) found an ally in Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., who challenged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday, Sept. 23, to take the place of civil disturbance management (CDM) personnel during protests so they could...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said that marginalized sectors in Western Visayas region are still prone to human rights abuses. CHR-6 Regional Director Atty. Jonnie Dabuco said that Indigenous Peoples (IPs), Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), the elderly, and the urban poor...
Malacañang has appointed former Court of Appeals (CA) associate justice Monina Arevalo-Zenarosa as a new commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Thursday, March 23. The announcement on Twitter came with a photo of Zenarosa taking...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo has welcomed the Commission on Human Rights' (CHR) expression of support to his pet measure that seeks to increase government’s monetary compensation for victims of violent crimes and unjust imprisonment. Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo As...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez administered on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 11 the oath of office to Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Commissioner Faydah Dumarpa. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and CHR Commissioner Faydah Dumarpa (Speaker's office) A photo released by the Speaker's office...
