The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
Cases- Case status
- Unknown
- Location of case in SG report
- 2021-090-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2021
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 12.879721
Longitude: 121.774017
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Philippines
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- UN (Dep.) High Commissioner on Human Rights
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
The NHRI
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
The Chairperson of the Commission made statements during the 45th session of the Human Rights Council, and subsequently to national media, expressing her disappointment regarding HRC resolution 45/33
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Dates of engagement
- October 2020
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Philippines, online.
- Reprisal information
red-tagged through a series of YouTube videos uploaded by Government supporters.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Defamation / Defamation campaign
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Non-state actor(s)
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- Yes
- Government response dates
- 2 August 2021
- Government response content
On 2 August 2021, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report in detail. It stated that it has no policy on “red-tagging” and that it has repeatedly drawn attention to the pattern of allegations of reprisal from certain sources, especially before the UN, and it highlighted the need to take into account the country’s political context relating to the activities of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in examining such allegations. As regards allegations concerning personalities of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, the Government stated that it has continued to protect and support the National Commission’s mandate, ensuring that it is effectively fulfilled. In this regard, the Government stated that it has never defaulted in its budgetary support for the National Commission, and it maintains a constructive working relationship with the National Commission.
- Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- Yes
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0