Full payment of compensation and benefits to the families of community disaster personnel who lost their lives in the performance of their duties must be implemented, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. Thus, the CHR declared its full support to the enactment into law of Senate Bill...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomed the passage on third and final reading of House Bill (HB) No. 7922 or "An Act Establishing A Voucher System for Poor and Academically Qualified Students of Private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Private Technical-Vocational Institutions...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed its full support to the consolidation and passage into law of two Senate bills which seek to address the issue on workers' contractualization "not only to protect the laborers' rights but also to ensure that businesses will thrive." "The need to...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it is high time for the government to resolve expeditiously the issues of poverty and inequality being suffered by the members of the indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) in the country. It said the problems could be resolved with the immediate passage...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has welcomed the approval of the consolidated version of the House Bill No. 8400 (HB 8400), Act Institutionalizing and Expanding the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) to a Jobs Creation Plan, and the Senate Bill No. 2035 (SB 2035), Act Establishing...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will offer financial assistance for the human rights violations suffered by kasambahay Silvera "Elvie" Vergara, who was reportedly abused by her employers from Occidental Mindoro. In a statement, the CHR expressed deep concern over the reported long years...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has decided to conduct its own investigations on what it called as "horrific crimes" committed against senior citizens, a person with disability (PWD), and two minors over the past few weeks. Citing reports, the CHR said the first incident happened in Manila...
A Senate finance subcommittee has approved the P976 million budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and its attached agencies. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over the Finance Subcommittee O hearing to deliberate on the proposed budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and...
Filipino caregivers, who are regarded as some of the best in the world, should be given competitive compensation and benefits, and good working conditions to lure them to work in the Philippines, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. Citing data from Indeed, a local career website, the CHR...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the killing of lawyer Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales-Alzate who was gunned down by two motorcycle-riding assailants in front of her house in Bangued, Abra last Sept. 14. Alzate was a former president of the Abra chapter of the Integrated Bar of the...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded the proposed amendments to two laws that would strengthen the protection of the rights, dignity, and welfare of the country's domestic workers or kasambahay. In a statement, the CHR referred to the amendments to Republic Act No. 10361, the Domestic...
Sen. Robin Padilla has filed a bill that seeks to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) by providing it with expanded structural, organizational, and functional independence. Through Senate Bill No. 2440 or the proposed Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Charter, Padilla said that CHR will...
