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The Philippines has adhered to the UDHR through the Bill of Rights, and continued to create laws and policies that cater to a specific sector, like the Labor Code and the Indigenous Peoples' Rights. [clarification needed] Besides the UDHR, the Philippines is a signatory to 8 of the 9 UN core human rights treaties, namely:
January 4 – President Duterte signs Republic Act No. 11510, institutionalizing the alternative learning system (ALS). [2] [3]January 18 – The Department of National Defense announces its unilateral termination of its 1989 accord with the University of the Philippines which took effect three days earlier over claims that the New People's Army is recruiting members in the universities' campuses.
The Commission on Human Rights (Filipino: Komisyon ng Karapatang Pantao) (CHR) is an independent constitutional office created under the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, with the primary function of investigating all forms of human rights violations involving civil and political rights in the Philippines. [2]
Marcos officially launched his campaign for president of the Philippines on October 5, 2021, through a video post on Facebook and YouTube. [120] [121] An interview with his wife Liza Marcos revealed that he decided to run for president while watching the film Ant-Man, [122] [123] though Marcos admitted that he could not recall this moment. [124]
Export Incentives Act of 1970: BP 8 December 2, 1978 An act defining the Metric system and its units, providing for its implementation and for other purposes RA 6955 June 13, 1990 The Anti-Mail Order Bride Act: RA 7160 October 10, 1991 Local Government Code of 1991: RA 8293 June 6, 1997 The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (the ...
Velasco was born on November 9, 1977. [7] His father is lawyer Presbitero Velasco Jr., who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 2006 to 2018, and has been governor of their home province Marinduque since 2019.
In 1989, ACT succeeded in its campaign for higher wages of $32 a month as well as improved benefits for teachers. [5] This was achieved after public school teachers went on strike from July 24 to August 12. On September 30, 2005, national council member of the ACT Vitoria Samonte was murdered, an act which was called a human rights violation. [6]
On October 29, 2018, Leila De Lima filed with Ombudsman Samuel Martires complaints against Aguirre II and Menardo Guevarra for violation of section 10(f) of RA 6981, the "Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act." The Ombudsman, however, in 2019 and 2020, dismissed the complaints which were reversed - “This case is remanded to the Office ...