HR inSIGHTS
Human Rights News Delivered Weekly.
October 2021
Prof. Nymia Pimentel-Simbulan: We are in a human rights crisis with manifold impacts in the years to come
Remarks of Prof. Nymia Pimentel-Simbulan, Executive Director of the Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) and Chairperson of the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) during The Killing State: Confronting the Normalization of State [...]
Explainer: Ang United Nations Human Rights Council at Kampanya para sa Karapatang Pantao
by Ian Deleyus Nitong Setyembre 13 hanggang Oktubre 8 ay ginanap ang ika-48 sesyon ng United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Isa sa mga napag-usapan dito ay ang patungkol sa teknikal na kooperasyon at capacity-building [...]
Right to Health in a Pandemic: CHR Cites Inadequacies in Philippine Government Response
by Wyanet Alcibar The Philippine government falls short in protecting the right to health of citizens in a pandemic. In its 2020 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines, the Commission on [...]
[Part 2] Desperate Solutions for Desperate Times: CHR Reports on Economic, Social, Cultural Rights in Pandemic-Ravaged 2020
by Isaiah Castro Part 2: Putting off Priorities? Education and Environment at Stake “We declare our victory over COVID-19, the destroyer of our lives, economy, way of life, and society,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones proclaimed [...]
[Part 1] Desperate Solutions for Desperate Times: CHR Reports on Economic, Social, Cultural Rights in Pandemic-Ravaged 2020
by Isaiah Castro Part 1: National Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights at an All-time Low The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) released in August its annual report on the country’s human rights situation for 2020. [...]
September 2021
Duterte was Called a Press Freedom Predator, Here are Six Reasons Why
by Wyanet Alcibar Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency is littered with examples of attacks on the free press, earning him the tag of press freedom predator from Reporters Without Borders in July. He joins 36 other world [...]