Tag page - Human Rights Defenders Protection Act

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, September 21 filed the bill seeking to define the rights and fundamental freedoms of the country’s human rights defenders (HRDs).   Hontiveros, in filing Senate Bill No. 2447 or the proposed Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, stressed the importance...

Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante, Jr. on Tuesday, Nov. 15, pitched a lineup of proposed measures forming part of his committee’s legislative priorities in the 19th Congress that “would definitely bear the mark of a rights-based approach to legislation.” (Karapatan / Manila Bulletin)...

Karapatan, a human rights alliance in the Philippines, called on the House of Representatives to expedite the passage of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, a bill that seeks to protect human rights defenders in the country. (Karapatan / Manila Bulletin) “Since 2007, we have tirelessly...