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Remembering those who could not come

Their silence was audible.

As 150 people took their seats, ready to inaugurate ESCR-Net’s Global Strategy Meeting, several empty chairs featured prominently among the crowd; holding space for those who did not manage...

CESR publishes manual regarding effective monitoring of ESCR

ESCR-Net member the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), together with the Asia Pacific Forum of National...

The Philippines: stop criminalization of human rights defenders

ESCR-Net sent a letter to the Government of Philippines to raise concern about the criminalization of human rights defenders: Roy Velez, Amelita...

Francisco S. Tatad vs. The Secretary of the Department of Energy and the Secretary of the Department of Finance, G.R. No. 124360

A group of Philippine legislators brought this case to challenge the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 8180, otherwise known as the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1996, specifically Sections 5(b), 6 and 9(b) of the Act.

ESCR-Net members denounce murder of grassroots human rights defenders in the Philippines

In the past week, several organizational members of ESCR-Net denounced the killing of indigenous leader Emerito Samarca, along with two other individuals, on September 1st in Lianga, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines. Emerito Samarca was a prominent leader of...

Philippines: Human rights defender Emerito Samarca killed

Please take action on human rights defenders in the Philippines. Please copy the letter and forward it to the address provided. Thank you for taking action on behalf of human rights defenders at risk. Target adresses: Hon. Leila M. De Lima Secretary, Department of Justice (DOJ) Padre Faura Street...

Manila Bay Reclamation Project

Please download the full report here. Also available in Spanish ...

ESCR-Net releases report of six cases of corporate capture

ESCR-Net have developed a Scoping Report highlighting six cases of corporate capture in different industries and across different regions. The Scoping Report is a preliminary...

Demand housing for homeless families from Laguna Lakeshore, Manila

TO: Hon. Benigno Simeon Aquino III, President, Government of the Philippines CC: Hon. Jejomar Binay, Vice President, Republic of the Philippines. Chairman, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council\ Hon. Laarni Cayatano, Mayor, City Government of Taguig Hon. Loreta Anne Rosales, Chair,...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Inquiry concerning the Philippines (CEDAW/C/OP.8/PHL/1)

In 1991, the Philippines delegated responsibility for “people’s health and safety” to the local level. In exercise of this power, an executive order 003 (“EO 003”) was issued in Manila, in 2000 which declared that the city would take an “affirmative stand on pro-life issues”. In response to a joint submission from NGOs in 2008, the UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Committee) conducted an inquiry into alleged human rights violations resulting from the enforcement of EO 003.