March 2024
Be a Human Rights Defender: PhilRights Needs an Information Associate
by PhilRights Staff The Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) is looking for one full-time Information Associate (Digital Specialist) to be based in Quezon City. PhilRights is looking for a candidate with experience in Web and [...]
April 2023
Be a Human Rights Defender: PhilRights Needs Four Program Associates
by PhilRights Staff The Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) is looking for four (4) full-time Program Associates to be based in Quezon City. 1. Research Associate (RA) PhilRights is looking for someone with [...]
February 2023
Be a Human Rights Defender: PhilRights Needs Two Information Associates
by PhilRights Staff The Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) is looking for two full-time Information Associates to be based in Quezon City. 1. Information Associate (Editorial Specialist) PhilRights is looking for someone with strong writing [...]
July 2021
Be a Human Rights Defender: PhilRights Needs An Information Associate
by PhilRights Staff PhilRights is looking for one full-time Information Associate to be based in Quezon City. The Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) is looking for someone with experience in the production of information materials for advocacy, [...]
February 2020
A Chilling Effect: Violence Consumes Civic Spaces in the Philippines
This is the third part of The Killing State: 2019 Philippine Human Rights Situationer, a report released by PhilRights to describe key events in 2019 that have impacted the human rights situation in the country. This [...]
December 2018
Of Human Rights and Human Lives: Duterte’s Authoritarianism and its Impact on Human Rights
Philippine Human Rights Situationer 2018 PhilRights National Situationer 2018Download Part 1. Kill Policies and the Reign of Impunity [su_heading size="20"]"Your concern is human rights, mine is human lives." [/su_heading] President Rodrigo Duterte, SONA 2018 In his [...]
September 2014
The Declaration of Cyber-Martial Law: Examining the Provisions of the Cybercrime Prevention Act from a Human Rights Perspective
Atty. Karen Pimentel Simbulan The interest of society and the maintenance of good government demand a full discussion of public affairs. Complete liberty to comment on the conduct of public men is a scalpel in [...]
An epidemic of stigma
A silent human rights crisis is emerging with the growing HIV epidemic in the Philippines. It is evident in the unreported AIDS-related deaths, the grief of the families and loved ones of those who perished [...]
Teen Pregnancy in the Philippines: Rising and Alarming
There are problems when a girl who is still a child herself gets pregnant and gives birth to another child. These include the risks of pregnancy-related complications, stigma and discrimination, limited social mobility, stunted development [...]
Narrowing the decent work gap: The workers’ way
2013 ended with a major victory for organized labor – the triumphant struggle of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) against outsourcing and contractualization. On 14 November 2013, a settlement agreement between PALEA and the [...]