HR inSIGHTS
Human Rights News Delivered Weekly.
August 2018
We need to talk about Berna Espina and Children’s Rights
by PhilRights Staff The name Berna Espina gained instant social media notoriety this past week when a video spread over Facebook about a three-year-old girl whose face was marked with bruises. The video shows the [...]
Act Now on Ecological Crisis—URGENT Network
The window of opportunity to act is about to close and the government should act decisively now to save our country from the worst possible effects of climate change. This was the dire warning sounded [...]
Examining the Human Rights Implications of the National ID System
by Mirasol Agoncillo To rob citizens of their privacy is to steal their autonomy. The Philippine Identification System Act of 2018 aims to create the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) as a central identification platform for all [...]
Amplifying IPs Voices
by PhilRights Staff On August 9 each year, countries around the globe celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This is in commemoration of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group [...]
Defending the Defenders
by PhilRights Staff At Risk: Human rights defenders in the Philippines Human rights defenders (HRDs) are groups or individuals committed to promoting and protecting human rights and the fundamental freedoms of people. stand in the [...]
July 2018
Human Rights News Roundup: Week of July 22-28
by PhilRights Staff Welcome to HR Insights, a weekly roundup of human rights news in the Philippines. This week... Duterte criticized for human rights remarks during SONA During his third State of the Nation Address [...]