THE

COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS
As National
Human Rights Institution
The 1987 Philippine Constitution States that:

Article II, Section 11

“ the state values the dignity of every
human person and guarantees full
Respect for human rights.”

Article XIII Section 17 (Paragraph 1)

“ there is hereby created an
independent office called
the Commission on Human Rights.”
 2 Missions of the CHR
(1) to investigate human rights violations involving
civil and political rights, as well as to pursue
investigation and monitoring of incidents and
situations pertaining to economic, social and
cultural rights; and

(2) to facilitate the establishment of programs and

mechanisms for the advancement of human rights
and resolution of cases of human rights violations,
thereby proactively addressing human rights
problems at their roots.
 Powers & Functions
of the Commission on
Human Rights under the
1987
Philippine Constitution
1. Mag imbestiga ng paglabag sa civil at
political ng karapatang pantao
2. Isusog ang kanyang operational guidelines
and rules of procedures for violations
na naaayon sa pamantayan ng korte
3. Nagbibigay ng angkop na tulong legal para
maproteksiyonan ang karapatang pantao ng
ng lahat ng mga Filipino kahit yong mga
nasa ibang bansa
4. May kapangyarihang puntahan ang mga
jails, prisons, or detention facilities.
5. Nagtatatag ng patuluyang programa
ng pagtuturo ng mga impormasyon
patungkol sa karapatang pantao upang
malinang ang pangunahing pag respeto at
pag galang sa karapatang pantao.

6. Nagrerekomenda sa Kongreso ng mga

epektibong pamamaraan upang
maipalaganap ang karapatang pantao, at
upang mabigyan ng kaukulang
kopmensasyon ang mga biktima at
pamilya sa pag labag ka karapatang
pantao.
7. Minomonitor ang pagtupad ng pamahalaan
sa kanyang obligasyon sa mga international
na batas sa karapatang pantao

8. Grant immunity from prosecution to any

person whose testimony/possession of
documents/evidence is necessary or
convenient to determine the truth in
any investigation conducted by it or
under its authority.

9. Request the assistance of any

department, bureau, office or agency
in the performance of its functions.
Ang Commission on Human Rights ay
meron din mga karagdagang
pantanging mandato sa mga Special
Laws which are, generally, human
rights-related.
1. Republic Act No. 7610, as Amended by R.A. 7658
"Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse,
Exploitation and Discrimination Act" I

2. Republic Act No. 9262

“Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children
Act of 2004”

3. Republic Act No. 9344

“Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006”,

4. Republic Act No. 9372

“Human Security Act of 2007”,
5. Republic Act No. 9745
“An Act Penalizing Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment”,

6. Republic Act No. 9851

"The Philippine Act on Crimes Against International
Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes
Against Humanity"

7. Republic Act No. 9710

“The Magna Carta of Women of 2009”
 The
CHR Commission En-Banc
(with the term of 7 years)
 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
15 REGIONAL OFFICES
CAR
Baguio City

REGION II
Tuguegarao, Cagayan
REGION I
San Fernando,
La Union
CENTRAL OFFICE/
NATONAL CAPITAL REGION (NCR)
REGION III Quezon City
San Fernando,
Pampanga

REGION V
REGION IV Legaspi City
San Pablo City,
Laguna
REGION VIII
Tacloban City
REGION VI
Iloilo City
CARAGA
Butuan City
REGON VII
Cebu City REGION X
Cagayan de Oro City
REGON IX
Zamboanga City
REGION XI
REGION XII Davao City
Cotabato City
HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED
APPROACH
IN
BARANGAY
PEACEKEEPING
by:

Vicenta Rosales-Basilio
Information Officer III
Commission on Human Rights
 Para sa inyo,
ano ang karapatang pantao?
10 Minutes group activity

 Isulat sa meta cards ang sagot ng bawat kasali

at idikit sa dingding

 gaano kahalaga sa kanila ang sagot nila

 Karapatang pantao. . . . .

 ito ay pagkakaroon ng maiinom na tubig at

pagkakaroon ng pagkain

 edukasyon at trabaho

 maayos na pagtrato ano man ang iyong edad,

kasarian, pinagmulan, lahi at relihiyon
 ito ay tungkol sa mga pagkilos kung anong
klaseng sosyedad gusto natin manirahan

 ito ay tungkol sa pagkakapit ng mga karapatang

pantao sa mga programa, usapin, batas ng
gobyerno at marami pang iba

 ito ay pamantayan at gabay ng mga Estado kung

paano sila makilipag ugnayan sa kanilang
mamamayan.
 Bakit ito Mahalaga?

. . . . . dahil tayo ay nandidito bilang mga tao.

 individual na tao
 or grupo ng mga tao sa komunidad

It is the very essence why human beings are

endowed with the basic right to life, dignity and
self-development from the moment of birth.
 Mga Kailangan ko bilang tao
10 Minutes group activity

 gumawa ng 5 grupo

 bawat grupo gumawa ng human figure gamit ang

mga bagay na makikita sa loob ng sesyon hall

 isulat sa metacards ang mga kailangan ng tao para mabuhay at ilagay ito
sa angkop na parte ng katawan ng tao. (halimbawa, edukasyon – ulo,
trabaho – kamay)

 ipaliwanag ang kanilang ginawa

 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
OF THE PHILIPPINES

HUMAN RIGHTS ARE THE SUPREME,

INHERENT AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS
TO LIFE, TO DIGNITY AND TO SELF
DEVELOPMENT. IT IS THE ESSENCE
OF THESE RIGHTS THAT MAKES
MAN HUMAN.
 UNITED NATIONS

HUMAN RIGHTS ARE GENERALLY

DEFINED AS THOSE RIGHTS WHICH
ARE INHERENT IN OUR NATURE
AND WITHOUT WHICH WE CANNOT
LIVE AS HUMAN BEINGS.
5 CATEGORIES OF RIGHTS

SOCIAL RIGHTS
 Civil and Political Rights (CPR)
(Hands off Policy by the Government )

Civil Rights

are those that the law will enforce at the instance

of private individuals for the purpose of securing
them the enjoyment of their means of happiness.
Example:
 right to a name
 Right to marry (magpakasal at pakasalan)
 right to form a family
 right to security of persons, papers and effects
 right against unreasonable searches and seizures.
 Civil and Political Rights (CPR)
(Hands off Policy by the Government )

Political Rights

are those rights which enable us to participate in

running the affairs of the government, either directly
or indirectly

Example:
 right to vote and be voted (provided that you are qualified)
 right to information on matters of public concern
 right to initiative and referendum
Economic Social & Cultural Rights (ESCR)
(Hands on Policy by the Government)

Economic and Social Rights

are those which the law confers upon the people to

enable them to achieve social and economic
development, thereby ensuring them their well-being,
happiness and financial security.

Example:
Example: right to health, right to education
 right to own a property
 right to education
 promotion of social justice
Economic Social & Cultural Rights (ESCR)
(Hands on Policy by the Government)

Cultural Rights

are those rights that ensure the well-being of the

individual and foster the preservation,
enrichment and dynamic evolution of national
culture based on the principle of unity in
Example: right to health, right to education
diversity in a climate of free, artistic and
intellectual expression
 List of Rights

Hands on Policy (Hands off Policy

by the Gov’t. by the Gov’t)

 Right to work
 Right to Food
 Right to Health
 Right to Housing
 Right to Water
 Right to Education
 Right to Life
 Right to Political
Participation
 Right to Access to Justice
 Equal Right of Men and
Women
 Freedom of Movement
 Freedom of Thought,
 conscience and Religion
 Freedom of Peaceful
Assembly
 Normative Content & Entitlement of each Right
Identified Normative Entitlement
Right Content

Absolute, no, derogations, Live in a manner

CPR consistent with our
Permitted even in times of
Right to Life dignity, realization of the
Public emergency
basic necessities of life
like the right to food,
heath and others
Availability, quantity, quality, Meet dietary needs, free
ESCR Sufficient to meet dietary from adverse
Right to food Need of an individual substances, culturally
acceptable, physically
and economically
accessible
 Based on your workshop output translate your needs
into rights and categorize the same into CPR or ESCR

Civil & Political Economic, Social

Needs Rights Rights & Cultural Rights
(CPR) ESCR)
 Pagkakaiba ng CPR and ESCR
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL RIGHTS

 Objective is to ensure freedom  Objective is to ensure equality

 Basic Role of the State:  Basic Role of the State:

Non-interference (ICCPR) interference (ICESCR)
 Resources required (welfare)
 Cost-free (individual freedom)
 Political or programmatic
 Justiciable
Progressive implementation
 Unconditional
 Relative, responsive to changing
 Absolute condition

 Immediate
2 Partido sa Kasunduan sa
Karapatang Pantao
1. Duty Bearers - Estado at ang
lahat ng bumubuo nito (executive,legislative,
judiciary, military bodies, pambansang
ahensiya hanggang sa barangay)
they have the authority, resources, power
 WHO ARE THE DUTY-BEARERS?

1. PRIMARY STATE STATE

DUTY BEARER (STATE ACTOR) OBLIGATION

2. SECONDARY NON-STATE e.g. Media

DUTY BEARER (Individual or group) Businessmen
2. Rights Holders –mga mamamayan,
mga ordinaryong individual
powerless, affected
 Ang Uri ng Kasunduan
Nature of Commitments

1. Duty Bearers – may obligasyon para ipatupad

ang karapatang pantao

2. Rights Holders – may responsibilidad na

depensahan at gamitin ang karapatang pantao
 STATE OBLIGATION
 1. RESPECT: Obligations of conduct
- requires action reasonably calculated to
realize the enjoyment of a particular right.

example: RESPECT (ICCPR (Part II, Art. 2)

When responding to complaints

(kadalasan ano ang papel ng tanod)

– Tanod to inhibit from doing

untoward actions
2. PROTECT, FULFILL: Obligations of result:
- requires the State to achieve specific
targets to satisfy a detailed substantive
standard.

Example:

PROTECT - facilitate for action of the complaints

FULLFILL – progressive resolution of complaints

 OBLIGATION OF INDIVIDUALS
(Non-State Actors)

1. Respect the Human Rights of Others

2. Exercise their Human Rights Responsibly

Example:

free speech does not allow a person to slander

or libel someone else. Right to equality cannot be
pursued to the point where someone else suffers
inequality
3. Exercise their Human Rights Responsibly
to the community

Civil Code of the Philippines

Art. 19 - Every person must, in the exercise of

his rights and in the performance of his duties,
act with justice, give everyone his due, and
observe honesty and good faith. (makatarungan,
katapatan)
3. Exercise their Human Rights Responsibly
to the community

Art. 26 - Every person shall respect the

dignity, personality, privacy and peace of
mind of his neighbors and ther persons.
(pag respeto sa mga kapitbahay )
ANTAS THE OBLIGASYON NG ESTADO
Obligation to Obligation to Obligation to
RESPECT PROTECT FULFILL
 State to abstain  Compel the State  The State to  Obliging the
from doing to take steps to directly provide State to accept
anything that prohibit from rights in question appropriate
encroaches or violating when individuals legislative
infringes on the recognized rights or groups are measures
individual’s and freedoms. unable to towards the full
freedom and realize their enjoyment of
rights.  No measures rights by the rights by all
which erode means at their  States should
 Non- interference status of rights disposal for remove the
 Duty to create reasons beyond hindrances,
proper  Active measures their control which hinder the
environment to realize right disadvantaged
groups to enjoy
 Immediate
opportunities that
 Unconditional are available to
others.
What is a Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA)?
 a conceptual framework for the process of human
development that is normatively based on international
human rights standards and operationally directed to
promoting and protecting human rights.

 it seeks to analyze inequalities which lie at the heart of

development problems and redress discriminatory
practices and unjust distributions of power that impede
development progress.

 identifies rights holders and their entitlements and

corresponding duty-bearers and their obligations,
and works towards strengthening the capacities of
rights-holders to make their claims and of duty-bearers
to meet their obligations
.(source: UNCHR)
 PANTHER
Human Rights-based Principles
in barangay Justice System
 Participation
kasali, pagsali, kaanib

requires that everyone have the right to

subscribe to decisions that affect them
 Accountability
Pananagutan

requires that state actors be held

accountable for their actions through
elections, judicial procedures or other
mechanisms
Non-discrimination
Walang pagtatangi

prohibits arbitrary differences of

treatment in decision-making
 Transparency
Hayag, walang itinatago

requires that people be able to know

processes, decisions and outcomes
 Human dignity
Makataong dignidad

requires that people be treated

in a dignified way
 Empowerment
Sigasig

requires that they are in a position to

exert control over decisions affecting
their lives
 Rule of law
Patakaran ng batas

requires that every member of society,

including decision-makers, must
comply with the law.
 Realizing rights depends on
more than the State
International
Actors
State

People and
their rights Civil Society

Private Sector Media

THANK YOU

and

good day!
 PANATA SA KARAPATANG PANTAO
Ako’y mamayang Pilipino.
Kikilalanin ko, igagalang, ipagtatanggol at isasakatuparan
ang dangal at karapatan ng bawat tao nang walang
pinapanigang kasarian, lipi, pananampalataya at katayuan sa buhay.

Diringgin ko ang tinig ng kabataan, kababaihan, nakatatanda,

katutubo at mga taong may kapansanan ng may paggalang
at pagkilala sa kanilang kakayahan.

Titiyakin ko na ang bawat bata ay hindi salat sa pagkalinga,

at may matiwasay na lipunang ginagalawan.

Tututulan ko ang pagmamalabis sa kapangyarihan,

katiwalian, at pagyurak sa karapatan ng mga manggagawa,
mga mahihirap, at mga sektor na higit na nangangailangan.

Paninindigan ko ang aking pananagutan sa aking kapwa.

Babantayan ko na gagampanan ng pamahalaan ang kanyang tungkulin

na igalang, ipagtanggol at isakatuparan ang mga karapatang pantao.

Magkapit-bisig tayo sa pagsulong sa katuparan ng lahat ng

Karapatang pantao.