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Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights)

Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights). Dr. Nymia Pimentel-Simbulan Executive Director. The Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) is a human rights NGO registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since October 10, 1994.

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Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights)

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  1. Philippine Human RightsInformation Center (PhilRights) Dr. Nymia Pimentel-Simbulan Executive Director

  2. The Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) is a human rights NGO registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since October 10, 1994. • It functions as a research & information center of the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA).

  3. It is an associated NGO of the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) and has a special consultative status with the UN Economic & Social Council (UN ECOSOC). • PhilRights has been part of the human rights movement since 1991 & has been doing advocacy work through its research, training & information activities since its formation.

  4. The establishment of PhilRights was a response to one of the gaps identified by the PAHRA leadership, i.e. the need for an information center to service the information & research requirements of the alliance and its member organizations

  5. Vision • PhilRights envisions a just, democratic and peaceful Philippines founded on human rights culture. It envisions a society where there is gender equity and each individual is able to fully realize one’s potentials as a human person, participate and contribute in the economic, political and cultural life of society, and share equitably in the benefits of economic progress.

  6. Mission • As the research and information arm of the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), PhilRights commits itself in partnership with other people’s organizations, civil society organizations and individuals to advance the rights of marginalized groups and individuals, and ensure state compliance with its human rights obligations.

  7. Goals • Deepen awareness, knowledge and understanding of PAHRA and the general public about human rights conditions, issues and mechanisms; • Work for a dynamic human rights movement that is able to mobilize sectors and groups for timely and effective intervention in the promotion and defense of human rights by making available human rights information and tools in information handling and dissemination; • Help ensure state compliance with its human rights obligations through active monitoring and engagement; • Strengthen cooperation and partnership with local and international networks in the conduct of human rights activities through lively exchange and sharing of information; • Enhance capability of human rights organizations in the promotion and defense of human rights through education and training on research, advocacy and information handling and dissemination.

  8. Institutional Programs • Human Rights Research Program (HRRP) • responsible for fulfilling the research requirements of the institution’s projects and institutional programs like HR situationers in project sites, annual HR reports for its publications, etc.

  9. Human Rights Information Program (HRIP) • takes charge of publishing PhilRights’ research projects, disseminating research results using popular forms like primers, comics, pamphlets, video documentaries, tarpaulin posters, etc. and manages the NGO’s website

  10. Human Rights Education and Training Program (HRETP) • in-charge of raising awareness on human rights concepts, principles & approaches, and developing skills on HR monitoring & documentation through discussions, trainings, conferences, etc.

  11. Human Rights Monitoring and Documentation (HR M&D) • program tasked to develop the data-base on economic, social and cultural rights violations, documentation tools, ESCR lexicon, & documentation system on ESCR violations

  12. The Office of the Executive Director (OED) • Oversees the day-to-day operation of the institution, leads in program planning & assessment, generates funds, and acts as the spokesperson of the institution.

  13. Funded Projects • PhilRights was instrumental in the creation of several formations/coalitions/network: • Philippine Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers • People Against the Death Penalty - Movement for Restorative Justice, the broad formation that campaigned for the repeal of the Death Penalty Law in the Philippines from 2004-2006. The death penalty law was abolished in June 2006.

  14. It has conducted numerous trainings among indigenous peoples, urban poor residents, students, teachers, NGO workers, children & parents in conflict areas, local government officials, on human rights concepts & principles, integration of peace and human rights in school curriculum, monitoring & documentation of rights violations, children’s rights & child rights programming, etc.

  15. UPR Involvement • PhilRights has been active in the preparation & production of Parallel Reports to the UN HRC & other UN Treaty-Monitoring Bodies. • A leading NGO in the production of the 2008 Philippine NGO Report to the UN CESCR & 2012 Philippine Joint Civil Society Report for the 2nd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

  16. The institution is affiliated with the Alliance to Stop Large-Scale Mining, a broad network of anti-large scale mining advocates, environmentalists & human rights defenders. • Responsible for the setting-up of a broad coalition of Philippine NGOs & POs working on economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), the Philippine NGO-PO Network on ESCR, which is currently campaigning for the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR.

  17. Publications • Inside the Chambers: The Performance of the 9th Philippine Congress on Human Rights. 1996. • Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The Philippine Experience (with English and Filipino versions). 1997 • Golf Courses: Are They on Par with Human Rights. 1999.

  18. Manual: A Guide to Human Rights Lobbyists (10th Congress). 2000 • Zoom Into Your Rights (A Teacher’s Guide in Teaching Human Rights). 2001 (Photo book) • Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The Grassroots View (ESC Rights Standards & Indicators Setting). 2002.

  19. Comic Books on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (with versions in Filipino, Ilocano & Visayan). 2003 • Books on Children and Peace (with versions in English, Filipino & Visayan). 2003 • A Rapid Assessment on the Performance of the 12th Philippine Congress (June-November 2004). 2004.

  20. Deadly Playgrounds: The Phenomenon of Child Soldiers in the Philippines. 2005. • Deadly Playgrounds: Primer on child soldiers in the Philippines(with versions in Filipino).2005 • All children have rights(A booklet on the Convention on the Rights of the Child with versions in Filipino & Maranao). 2005

  21. Training on your rights: Modules on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 2005 • Invisible Realities, Forgotten Voices: The women on death row from a gender and rights-based perspective. 2006 • Restorative Justice: Legal Framework and Practices in the Philippines. 2006.

  22. On Integrating Peace and Human Rights in Secondary Education: Toward Strengthening Lumad, Moro & Settler Relations in Mindanao.2006. • The Anti-Terrorism Act in the Philippines: A Human Rights Critique (Occasional Paper No. 1). 2006 • Primer on Human Rights and Mining.2007

  23. Living in the Margins: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in an Urban and a Rural Community.June 2010 • A Resource Book for Teaching Human Rights and Peace.June 2010

  24. Regular Publications • Currently, PhilRights releases two (2) regular publications: • Human Rights Forum(HRF), a semestral magazine which contains articles on human rights issues selected to be the focus for the period, facts and figures on the human rights situation, with most articles written in Filipino.

  25. Regular Publications • In Focus: An Annual Human Rights Situationer, a publication presenting the human rights situation, i.e. civil & political rights, economic, social and cultural rights specifically the rights to food, housing, health, education and work, the previous year.

  26. Video documentaries • Bangsamoro: Isang sulyap sa kanilang pakikibaka(Bangsamoro: A glimpse at their struggle),2001 (A video on the history & continuing struggle of the Bangsamoro people in the Southern Philippines towards self-determination.) • The Headhunter’s Shadow, 2001 (A video about the impact of infrastructure projects specifically the construction of the Casecnam Dam in Nueva Vizcaya, Northern Luzon on the lives and culture of indigenous peoples, the Bugkalots).

  27. Video documentaries • Moving Mountains, 2001 (A video which tackles the issue of mining and its impact on the environment and the livelihood of people in the affected communities). • The Killing of Juan dela Cruz by the State, 2004 (A video on the history, pros and cons of the death penalty in the Philippines). • Traces of Awakening (Bakas ng Pagbangon), 2011 (A video on the life & aspirations of the Aetas in Canbangan, Zambales in the midst of challenges posed by mining & logging activities in their ancestral land.)

  28. Contact Details • Postal Address: 53-B Maliksi St., Brgy. Pinyahan, Quezon City 1100, Philippines • Telephone No. : (632) 4331714 and 4264048 • Telefax: (632) 433-1714 • Email: philrights@philrights.org • Website: http://www.philrights.org • PhilRights at Facebook • PhilRights at Twitter

  29. Thank you.

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