Philippines

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Overview

 

A Human Rights Adviser (HRA) is part of the UN Country Team (UNCT) in the Philipines.

News & Statements

Latest news

02 Feb 2024

Special Procedures

Philippines: UN expert calls for more sustained reforms to prevent threats and killings of journalists and activists

18 Jan 2024

Special Procedures

UN expert on freedom of opinion and expression to visit the Philippines

14 Dec 2023

Treaty bodies

Philippines in dire need of national torture prevention body, say UN experts

30 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

UN torture prevention body to visit Philippines

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Latest statements & messages

07 Mar 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Global update: High Commissioner outlines concerns in over 40 countries

05 Oct 2022

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Implementation of Human Rights Council Resolution 45/33 and on the progress on and results of technical cooperation and capacity- building for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines

14 Sep 2020

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

In her global human rights update, Bachelet calls for urgent action to heighten resilience and protect people's rights

30 Jun 2020

Multiple Mechanisms

44th session of the Human Rights CouncilEnhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Philippines

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Featured Stories

A woman participates in a protest © Getty
08 June 2023 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Human rights ensure all spaces are accessible to women in all their diversity

A ground-breaking set of commitments seeks to ensure that the spaces, both in person and virtual, where important decisions take place are fully accessible to be inclusive for all women with disabilities.
26 July 2022 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“I lost friends, relatives, our house”

More people have been forced to flee their homes because of drought and other natural disasters caused by climate change than by armed conflict, and the scale of human displacement is growing every year, experts said during a Human Rights Council panel discussion on the adverse effects of climate change.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/51/58: Implementation of Human Rights Council Resolution 45/33 and on the progress and results of technical cooperation and capacity building for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines

High Commissioner report on the Philippines

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles and letter by the High Commissioner to the Foreign Minister

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/56/46/Add.2: Visit to Philippines - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry - Advance unedited version

A/HRC/55/55/ADD.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CEDAW/C/PHL/CO/9: Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of the Philippines

CMW/C/PHL/CO/3: Concluding observations on the third periodic report of the Philippines

CERD/C/PHL/CO/21-25: Concluding observations on the combined twenty-first to twenty-fifth periodic reports of the Philippines

CRC/C/PHL/CO/5-6: Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of the Philippines

CEDAW/C/PHL/CO/7-8: Concluding observations on the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of the Philippines

CRPD/C/PHL/CO/1: Concluding Observations in relation to the initial report of the Philippines

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information
Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Asia Pacific Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9650

Field

Office of the Resident Coordinator
15th Floor, North Tower Rockwell Business Center Sheridan
Sheridan Street, cnr. United Street
Mandaluyong City, National Capital Region.
Website

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