Group challenges PH withdrawal from ICC
A second petition challenging the constitutionality of President Duterte’s notice of withdrawal of the Philippines’ membership in the Rome Statute ...
Tag: commission on human rights
SC starts oral arguments on ML extension
The Supreme Court starts today the oral arguments on four petitions that challenged the constitutionality of the extension of martial ...
Another plea vs martial law extension
Former Commission on Human Rights chairperson Loretta Ann Rosales asked the Supreme Court yesterday to declare unconstitutional the extension of ...
Sereno lawyers told to explain remarks
For allegedly trying to demean the on-going impeachment proceedings, two lawyers of Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno and an official ...
Embattled
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is in no enviable situation at the moment as the House voted to give ...
Duterte backs body cameras for policemen
With the country becoming a "narco-state," President Duterte is amenable to proposals to let policemen wear body cameras during operations ...
A legal issue and a blow vs human rights
THE House of Representatives decision last Tuesday to reduce the budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) from P678 ...
Payo ni Recto kay Alvarez: Chill lang!
Ito ang payo ni Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto bilang tugon sa hamon ni House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez na gamitin ...
House vs Senate over CHR
The House of Representatives is gearing for a head-on collision with the Senate to defend its P1,000 allocation for the ...
Gascon resignation could save CHR budget – solon
A ranking supermajority solon in House of the Representatives (HOR) suggested yesterday a possible way out for the Commission on ...
Duterte ally opposes P1,000 budget for CHR
An ally of President Duterte is opposing the allocation of only R1,000 or zero budget for the Commission on Human ...
CHR fears zero budget
As the Commission on Human Rights budgetary fate hangs in a balance, officials fears that the House of Representatives will ...
CHR joins PNP in drug war
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has found a new unlikely ally in its campaign against illegal drugs – the Commission ...
Palace rues UN report on human rights violations
A group of United Nations experts has released a “very strongly-worded” statement on alleged human rights violations in the Philippines ...
Noynoy talks about democracy, PCGG, illegal drugs and human rights
Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III yesterday called for the preservation of democracy during the commemoration of the eighth death ...
Palace allays fears of Martial Law abuses
Malacañang yesterday welcomed the statement of the Commission on Human Rights that there has been no incident of human rights ...