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The Commission on Human Rights (Filipino: Komisyon ng Karapatang Pantao) (CHR) is an independent constitutional office created under the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, with the primary function of investigating all forms of human rights violations involving civil and political rights in the Philippines. [2]
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. [5] [6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen.Jose W. Diokno, [5] Lorenzo Tañada, [7] J.B.L. Reyes, [4] and Joker Arroyo [8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. [9]
Habeas corpus (/ ˈ h eɪ b i ə s ˈ k ɔːr p ə s /; Latin for "you [shall] have the body") is a legal action or writ by means of which detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment.
Karapatan Alliance Philippines (commonly shortened to Karapatan, which translates to rights in Filipino) is a left-wing [1] [2] [3] non-governmental organization and human rights alliance [4] that conducts research and advocacy of human rights campaigns as well as monitoring and documentation of human rights violations in the Philippines, particularly in the context of the Philippine ...
The Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) is a non-profit, national human rights organization in the Philippines, Manila.PhilRights is the research and information arm of PAHRA and is a research and information institution that provides information, documentation, research and analyses. [1]
For three days from March 30, 2016, thousands of farmers and their supporters blockaded the Davao–Cotabato Road in Kidapawan, North Cotabato, in the Philippines.A day before prior to the road blockade, 500 farmers protested in front of the National Food Authority Office in Kidapawan to air their grievances.
Caused by: Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. in 1983 Fraud during the 1986 snap presidential election; Decades of oppressive and autocratic rule; Goals: Removal of Ferdinand Marcos from power
Abortion in the Philippines is constitutionally prohibited. [1] The constitutional provision that "[The State] shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception" was crafted by the Constitutional Commission which drafted the charter with the intention of providing for constitutional protection of the abortion ban, although the enactment of a more ...