Commission on Human Rights
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (CHR) CHARTER ACT
This bill aims to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) by enhancing its independence, operational capacity, and enforcement mechanisms as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI).
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CHARTER
This bill aims to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) by providing it with a formal charter, ensuring its fiscal autonomy, enhancing its investigative powers, and establishing a Human Rights Institute for education and training.
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CHARTER
Senate Bill No. 1404 aims to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) as a national human rights institution, enhancing its powers and functions to better protect and promote human rights in the Philippines.
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM ACT
The National Preventive Mechanism Act establishes a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) to prevent torture and inhumane treatment in places of detention, in line with international human rights obligations.
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (CHR) CHARTER
This bill aims to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) by establishing it as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) with enhanced powers, functions, and funding to better protect and promote human rights in the Philippines.
AMENDING SEC. 23 OF R. A. NO. 8042 (MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT)
This bill aims to strengthen human rights education and legal assistance for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) by amending Section 23 of the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995. It mandates the Commission on Human Rights to develop a human rights education program for OFWs and to provide legal assistance in coordination with other government agencies.
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM) ACT OF 2025
The National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Act of 2025 aims to establish a National Preventive Mechanism in compliance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). This mechanism will be an attached agency of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and will focus on preventing torture and other forms of cruel treatment in places of deprivation of liberty.