(Philippine UPR Watch holds mass actions in time for Universal Periodic Review on the Philippines) MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Rights advocates and member organizations of the Philippine UPR Watch held a mass
World Church leader calls for minute of silence for human rights victims in Philippines
“Sisters and brothers from the Philippines, we are following your work and we are supporting you in raising one voice for justice. Therefore, one voice for peace.” This was the gist
Rise Up urges UN Rapporteur: Investigate Extra-Judicial Killings in the Philippines
GENEVA – Rise Up, a network of church-based and sectoral organizations, together with the Philippine UPR Watch delegation, has urged UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes
A call for a militant Christian ministry
(With permission of the Author) Commencement Address delivered during the 109th Commencement Ceremony of the Union Theological Seminary, April 2017) By: CHERYL L. DAYTEC-YANGOT The President Dr Eleazar S. Fernandez,
Philippine UPR Watch: Climate of impunity getting worse in PH
On May 8, 2017, the Philippines will undergo the 3rd Cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The UPR is a mechanism under
Let them lay their heads under a roof
(Pastoral Statement of Obispo Maximo Ephraim S. Fajutagana on Urban Poor’s Right to Shelter and #OccupyBulacan) “The Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and justice for the poor.”
Human Rights Defenders inform Geneva-based foreign missions and UN Special Rapporteur on EJK on Continuing Climate of Impunity in PH
Geneva, Switzerland – An ecumenical delegation of Philippine human rights organizations and advocates yesterday brought to the attention of the Office of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings the continuing
HR consortium holds national psychosocial training for rights defenders
Twenty seven (27) human rights defenders from various regions across the Philippines attended the 2nd National Training for Psychosocial Support last 22-24 March 2017 at Ma. Antonia Paris Retreat House,
Restoring the death penalty is missing the point
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) re-iterates its strong objection to death penalty. No person is beyond God’s redemptive love. This was NCCP’s stand conveyed to the
Stop the killings, Mr.President!
On the occasion of International Human Rights Day and in view of the alarming rate of human rights violations , the National Council of Churches in the Philippines affirms that