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On March 20, the State Department released a global report titled “2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices”. The report is based on the human rights situation in 198 countries and territories. The section on Bangladesh in the report highlights…

May the new year 2023, the 75th anniversary of the UDHR, bring more desaparecidos back to the bosom of their family and the greater society. by Mary Aileen D. Bacalso   The 10th of December was the 74th anniversary of the Universal…

Pressenza journalist Perfecto Caparas sought former senator Leila de Lima’s views on the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor’s investigation into the situation in the Philippines involving alleged crimes against humanity committed during former president Rodrigo Duterte’s reign of…

In her interview with Pressenza journalist Perfecto Caparas, ex-senator Leila de Lima envisions a future characterized by her continuing fight for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. “There is this part of me that refuses to rest until…

Environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics urged the government to implement better action plans and solutions for a toxics-free and waste-free Philippines. The group made the call in time for the commemoration of International Human Rights Day. “A safe and healthy…

Here’s the next part of Pressenza’s two-part interview with political prisoner Leila M. de Lima – former senator, justice secretary, and chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights – conducted by journalist Perfecto Caparas. De Lima discusses challenges to the rule of law…

ASIA: “We need a new frontier in the human rights field. This frontier is the frontier of institutional reform.”  This is the title of a speech delivered by Basil Fernando at  The Fifth  Human Rights Cities Forum-  As the keynote…