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The consequences of conducting such analyses are the significance in exposing the
state of human rights in various countries around the world. Moreover, it is important in
illustrating the differences between nations in terms of human rights violations, and
identifying the various areas of human rights that are consistently violated in today’s
society. In doing so, the transcript demonstrates reproductive health rights debates
characterizing modern society, and identifies how advocacy groups and organizations
struggle to ensure respect for human rights.
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with
reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”
Human rights describe equal rights and freedom for everybody by the fact of being
human and without distinction of any kind of race, color, sex, language, religion, political
or other opinions. However, many people have always suffered from the lack of them
throughout history. In fact, the lack of human rights has a lot of effects on people lives.
Human rights is defined as the rights as freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture,
and execution and regarded as belonging fundamentally to all persons. Another
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The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act
of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium
used. In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the
right is commonly subject to limitations, such as on libel, slander, obscenity, incitement
to commit a crime, etc. The right to freedom of expression is recognized as a human
right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in
international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(ICCPR). Article 19 of the ICCPR states that "[e]veryone shall have the right to hold
opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of
expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and
ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of
art, or through any other media of his choice".
Human rights is a concept that has been constantly evolving throughout human history.
In a Resolution of the Supreme Court contained in G.R. No. 155336, it ruled that the
CHR is a .."constitutional body enjoying limited fiscal autonomy..
History:
After the ratification of the 1987 Philippine Constitution on 2 February 1987, which
provides for the establishment of a Commission on Human Rights, President Corazon
Aquino, signed Executive Order No. 163 on May 5, 1987, creating the Commission on
Human Rights and abolished the Presidential Committee on Human Rights. The
Commission was created as an independent office mandated to investigate complaints
of human rights violations, promote the protection of, respect for and the enhancements
of the people's human rights including civil and political rights.
Duterte administration
On 24 July 2017 during his State of the Nation Address (SONA), Philippine president
Rodrigo Duterte said that the commission was "better abolished." The CHR responded
in a statement that only a change to the 1987 Constitution could possibly abolish it.
The Commission derives its mandates from the Constitution, relevant domestic laws,
and the eight core International Human Rights Instruments to which the Philippines is a
State Party, as well as other United Nations Human Rights Conventions newly
enforced.
Under Section 18, Article XIII of the Philippine Constitution, the Commission's sole duty
is to protect the civil and political rights of citizens in the Philippines.
Based on the Philippine Constitution, the Commission has a broad mandate, which can
be categorized into three major functional areas: