Republic of the Philippines Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 27th Session of the UPR Working Group Submitted on 22 September 2016 Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC and Karapatan – Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights "1.5 CIVICUS and Karapatan are deeply …
In behalf of our organizations UMANGAT-MIGRANTE and ICHRP-Rome, Italy and other fellow overseas Filipino Workers in Italy, we express our full support to the ongoing struggles of the Lumad against the closures of their schools, militarization of their villages and the unbaiting Human Rights
KARAPATAN Philippines condemns the recent arrest and detention of Malaysian activists, during their peaceful assembly to express their call for an investigation of an alleged corruption on the 1MDB issue. We likewise join the call for their immediate and unconditional release. Freedom of assembly and freedom of expression are basic human rights enshrined in the …
Respect Freedom of Expression, Release the Activists in Malaysia Read More »
Workshop Group on the Gendered Impacts of Mining By Association of Women´s Rights in Development (AWID), Cordillera Women’s Education Action Research Center, Karapatan Alliance for People’s Rights, KAIROS International People’s Conference on Mining Manila, Philippines | July 30 – August 1, 2015 DECLARATION Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) have a very strong connection with …
Workshop Group on the Gendered Impacts of Mining–DECLARATION Read More »
Urgent Appeal of Commission 3 of the International League for People’s Struggles On human rights in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural fields against state violence, national oppression, class exploitation and oppression, gender oppression, fascism, casteism, racism and religious bigotry; and justice and indemnification for the victims of illegal arrest and detention (especially political …
URGENT APPEAL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE DR. G. N. SAIBABA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS Read More »
FREE THE PERUVIAN LAWYERS AND POLITICAL ACTIVISTS! April 29, 2014 Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines strongly condemns the arrest of four human rights lawyers, together with 34 political activists, in Peru on trumped-up charges. The lawyers, including Alfredo Crespo, Carlos Gamero and Manuel Fajardo, are counsels of political activists and …
FREE THE PERUVIAN LAWYERS AND POLITICAL ACTIVISTS! Read More »
