AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REQUIRING THE TEACHING OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS MANDATORY IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE HUMAN RIGHTS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE AND TO FURTHER AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE UNDER A REORGANIZED DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES', AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING HUMAN RIGHTS AS A SEPARATE AND SPECIALIZED SUBJECT IN BOTH BASIC AND HIGHER EDUCATION

AN ACT TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND THE SYSTEM OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR MIGRANT WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 23 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED

AN ACT IMPROVING PHILIPPINE COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION AND PROTECTION BY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY MECHANISMS FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE OCCURRENCE AND PROTECTION FROM THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING RESPECT FOR AND FOSTERING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SYSTEM OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT DEFINING THE LIABILITY OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

AN ACT REQUIRING MANDATORY TEACHING OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS

AN ACT DECLARING DECEMBER TEN OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY TO BE KNOWN AS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

AN ACT REQUIRING THE MANDATORY TEACHING OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT ADVANCING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE TIBETAN PEOPLE AND SUPPORTING THEIR ASPIRATIONS TO SAFEGUARD THEIR DISTINCT RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL, AND LINGUISTIC IDENTITY

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION TO THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING THE REGIME OF FORMER PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS, DOCUMENTATION OF SAID VIOLATIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REQUIRING THE TEACHING OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS MANDATORY IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RECENT RAMPANT EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS OF SUSPECTED CRIMINALS, TO STRENGTHEN THE MECHANISMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF LAW ENFORCERS, AND TO INSTITUTE CORRECTIVE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE FULL RESPECT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT TO LIFE

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH REGARDING THE MARTIAL LAW PERIOD AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES UNDER THE MARCOS REGIME WITH THE END VIEW OF PRESERVING MEMORY THROUGH HISTORICAL TRUTH-TELLING, PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY, AND PROMOTING A SENSE OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG YOUNG FILIPINOS

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND RELEVANT OFFICE/S TO STUDY AND TO CONSIDER FOR POSSIBLE ADHERENCE AND ACQUIESCIENCE THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ICESCR), AS A STRONG AND UNEQUIVOCAL STATEMENT ABOUT THE VALUE OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS

A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE CRIMES OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS TO THE REPUBLIC, AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED UNDER HIS REGIME, RENDER HIM UNFIT TO BE BURIED AT THE LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYAN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED 'SECRET' CELL CONTAINING TWELVE (12) DETAINEES IN POLICE STATION NO. 1, AT RAXABAGO, TONDO, MANILA, AS UNCOVERED BY THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (CHR), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PREVENTING MEMBERS OF PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM USING THEIR AUTHORITY, TRAINING AND POSITION TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND OTHER ABUSES UNDER THE GUISE OF IMPLEMENTING THE ADMINISTRATION'S WAR ON DRUGS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM PLAGUING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S WAR ON DRUGS, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE TESTIMONIES OF SEVERAL WITNESSES AND A POLICE OFFICER TAGGING MEMBERS OF THE PNP IN THE PERPETUATION OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH REMEDIAL LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT THE WAR ON DRUGS IS NOT USED BY THE PNP AND OTHER STATE ACTORS AS LICENSE TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTS, AND THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THE PEOPLE CONCERNED ARE AFFORDED THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR THAT THEIR RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW IS RESPECTED

RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS) TO VISIT THE COUNTRY AND LOOK INTO THE GROWING AND REPORTEDLY WORSENING PLIGHT OF PERSONS DISPLACED BY THE CRSIS IN MARAWI, WHICH COULD CONTINUE AND EVEN WORSEN DUE TO THE EXTENSION OF MARTIAL LAW IN THE WHOLE MINDANAO UNTIL THE END OF 2017; THE RESULTS OF SAID VISIT COULD LIKEWISE AID IN THE ENACTMENT OF REMEDIAL LEGISLATIVE MEASURES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ALL REPORTED DEATHS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND OTHER STATE ACTIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE AFFIRMING THE STATE OBLIGATION OF THE PHILIPPINES TO PROTECT WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FROM GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN MINDANAO AFTER A YEAR OF IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED ARREST OF ‘TAMBAYS’/LOITERERS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) FOLLOWING THE ORDER OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVIEWING EXISTING LAWS AND LOCAL ORDINANCES TO ENSURE THAT NO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WERE COMMITTED AND THAT THE PNP IS ACTING WITHIN ITS MANDATE AND THE BOUNDS OF LAW

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MANDATES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO DETERMINE THE GAPS THAT COMPOUND THE HIGHER PREVALENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN COMMUNITIES WHERE LARGE-SCALE MINING IS CONDUCTED

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE ADHERENCE TO AND ADOPTION OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (OP-ICESCR), AS PROOF AND AFFIRMATION OF OUR STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE PRIMACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENT SPATE OF KILLINGS DURING POLICE OPERATIONS IN METRO CEBU, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT OFFICERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ABIDE BY THE OPERATING PROCEDURE, MAINTAIN RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE PRINCIPLES AND IDEALS OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 70TH ANNIVERSARY

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION IN ITS OPINION NO. 61/2018 CONCERNING SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE TARGETED AND SYSTEMATIC ATTACKS AND CONTINUED ASSAULT AGAINST LAWYERS, PROSECUTORS AND JUDGES, WITH THE END VIEW OF UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW, PROMOTING JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PROTECTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS AND THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RECENT INSTANCES OF ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS REPORTEDLY PERPETRATED BY CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING AND UPGRADING THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE WITH THE ULTIMATE END OF ENSURING ADHERENCE TO ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES, AVOIDING PREMATURE AND PREJUDICIAL TRIAL BY PUBLICITY AND PROTECTING THE LIVES, PROPERTY AND HONOR OF OUR CITIZENS, INCLUDING OUR RESPONSIBLE OFFICERS

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND RELEVANT OFFICE/S TO STUDY AND TO CONSIDER FOR POSSIBLE ADHERENCE AND ACQUIESCENCE THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ICESCR), AS A STRONG AND UNEQUIVOCAL STATEMENT ABOUT THE VALUE OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT LACKS MEANINGFUL ACTION TO END IMPUNITY FOR EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, TORTURE, AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES, BASED ON THE WORLD REPORT 2014 OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE(S), TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PRACTICE OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (AND POSSIBLY OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES) OF FORCIBLY TAKING PERSONS TO POLICE STATIONS FOR QUESTIONING, UNDER THE GUISE OF AN 'INVITATION', WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING MEASURES THAT WOULD PUT A STOP TO THIS CONSTITUTIONALLY OBJECTIONABLE PRACTICE WHICH VIOLATES THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE CONCURRENCE OF THE SENATE IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, AND THEREBY FURTHER STRENGTHENING HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL THAT TORTURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON PROTECTING LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FILIPINOS FROM DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND ABUSE BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY FUNDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 66TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED PERSISTENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, ESPECIALLY BY STATE AGENTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS ONE OF FIVE COUNTRIES WHERE MURDERS AND EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF LAND RIGHTS DEFENDERS ARE MOST PREVALENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT AN AUSTRALIAN TOURIST KILLED A FILIPINA MISTAKEN FOR A TRANSGENDER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN HUMAN RIGHTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PERSISTENCE OF ILLEGAL TRADE OF FILIPINOS AMID EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CURB ILLEGAL HUMAN TRADE IN LIGHT OF THE TIER 2 CATEGORY RATING OF THE US STATE DEPARTMENT IN THE 2015 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT