26. June 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Philippine Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte was appointed vice chair of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on May 10, 2023. This government agency is notorious for so-called “red-tagging” of Human...
26. June 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
An alliance of major labor unions in the Philippines, the Nagkaisa Labor Coalition (NLC), criticized the lack of responsibility of the President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government to protect the rights of workers. The groups expressed that their freedom of association...
22. May 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) supported the Department for Education’s (DEPEd) proposal to include lessons on human rights violations in the curriculum. The 10th grade curriculum will now include topics on so-called “red-tagging,” trolling, and...
22. May 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People
April 2023 saw the murder of labour rights activist Alex Dolorosa and the disappearance of two activists, struggling for indigenous rights, Gene Roz Jamil de Jesus and Bontoc-Ibaloi-Kankanaey Dexter Capuyan. Alex Dolorosa was found dead with 15 stab wounds in Bacolod...
28. April 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, News
During the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, the Philippine government rejected recommendations to end the practice of the so-called “red-tagging” (i.e. being accused of supporting the armed communist insurgency). In its...
28. April 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Human Rights Committee approved the Human Rights Defender Bill (or House Bill 77/HB77) in February 2023, which is currently under consideration in the plenary. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) emphasized that protecting human rights defenders (HRD) is a...
