HR inSIGHTS
Human Rights News Delivered Weekly.
February 2020
The Killing State: A Legacy of Violence
This is the fourth and last part of The Killing State: 2019 Philippine Human Rights Situationer, a report released by PhilRights to describe key events in 2019 that have impacted the human rights situation in the [...]
December 2019
2019: Taon ng Kahirapan, Karahasan at Panggigipit
Philippine Human Rights Information Center's (PhilRights) statement on the 71st International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2019. Sa paggunita natin ngayong Disyembre 10 ng Human Rights Day, nararapat lamang na iparating sa lahat ang kalunos-lunos [...]
Women in the Margins Summit Kicks Off 18 Days of Activism Against VAW
by Elizabeth Ruth Deyro Photos by the Commission on Human Rights The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) held its first Summit Against Gender-based Violence on November 25, in time for the International Day for the [...]
November 2019
Children and the so-called War on Drugs: Impact and Consequences
by Pineng Garcia The so-called war on drugs, still an unfolding nightmare in many poor communities, has not spared children. President Duterte, back in 2016, characterized the children who died during anti-illegal drug operations as [...]
October 2019
The Killing State: The Unrelenting War Against Human Rights
Findings of the 2017-2019 Documentation of Extrajudicial Killings (EJK) committed in the context of the so-called War on Drugs by the Philippine Human Rights Information Center Download The Killing State PDF (8 mb) Part I. [...]
September 2019
The Obligation to Work: Child laborers in Navotas speak up
Text by Luis Abesamis and Marianne Ignacio Photographs by Joaquin Reyes Like many barangays in Navotas, Barangay Tanza 2 faces the sea. Breeze from the waters is scarce, and when it arrives, it is often [...]