Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:29:51 +0000
ONLY 55 out of the 114 “homes” for juvenile delinquents nationwide are operational as of June 2018, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Tuesday. These “homes,” called Bahay…READ
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:06:17 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Former Caloocan City 2nd District Representative Mary Cajayon-Uy the other day said that children are the ‘most marginalized sector’ because they do not have a direct effect during election season — because they cannot vote. She added that because of this, lawmakers disregarded children’s rights when they pushed for a lower minimum […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:42:40 +0000
Child advocates told lawmakers on Monday to check the real situation on the ground before passing a bill that would lower the age of criminal liability.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 04:11:39 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Various child rights advocates denounced on Tuesday moves to pass a law that would lower the age of criminal responsibility to 9 years old.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:47:34 +0000
The Commission on Human Rights has urged government to instead address “conditions that push children” to do crime than incancerate them.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:44:14 +0000
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has joined local and international child rights’ groups in denouncing a proposed measure in the House of Representatives to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9 years old.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:54:38 +0000
Most police operations against illegal drugs during which suspects are killed are “human rights” compliant, Director General Oscar Albayalde, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), reiterated on Saturday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 02:36:43 +0000
The 2018 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report saying human rights crisis intensified in the Philippines must be taken “constructively,” rights body said.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 04:50:00 +0000
%%excerpt%% The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday urged the government to identify and impose penalties against those behind the passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 01:38:46 +0000
The CHR lauded the passage of the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018 as a response to the “growing (number of) cases” in the country.
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