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Civil society organizations submit alternative report for the Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines in 2012

Friday 2 December 2011 by Philippine NGO-PO network for ESC rights
NGOs and people’s organizations submitted a joint civil society report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) second cycle session for the Philippines by the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC) in June next year. This submission was prepared through facilitation of the Philippine Alliance of (...) > continue


ESC Network Letter to the Commission on Human Rights of the Phils.

Re: Impending eviction of North Triangle residents
Tuesday 11 October 2011 by Philippine NGO-PO network for ESC rights
September 14, 2011 Hon. LORETTA ANN P. ROSALES Chairperson Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) Dear Madam, Greetings from the Philippine NGO-PO Network for ESC Rights! The NGO-PO Network for ESC Rights is a formation of about fifty (50) organizations and alliances including (...) > continue


Philippine’s largest nickel mining firm suspends operations

By Doris Dumlao, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Nickel Asia Corp., the country’s largest nickel mining firm, suspended on Monday operations of its subsidiary, Taganito Mining Corp. (TMC), in Claver, Surigao del Norte province, following attacks on its mining facilities by communist rebels. The attacks are seen as a big blow to the mining (...) > continue


Rights group criticizes PNoy on PAL spin-off

ESC Network Statement as published in GMA News TV
Friday 30 September 2011
A rights group on Wednesday criticized President Benigno III for allowing the outsourcing of Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) non-core operations, saying government has failed to uphold the rights of the soon-to-be-retrenched workers. PAL management’s decision to outsource its reservation, catering (...) > continue


PALEA dismisses economic sabotage, illegal strike cases; announces big protest tomorrow

Press release of Philippine Airlines’ Employees Association (PALEA)
Thursday 29 September 2011 by Bernardo D. Larin - PhilRights

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Human Rights Online Philippines

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Pres. Noynoy Liable for PAL Labor Rights Violations

Thursday 29 September 2011 by Bernardo D. Larin - PhilRights
The NGO-PO Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights holds the Aquino administration accountable for sanctioning Philippine Airlines (PAL) outsourcing of its so-called “non-core” operations: reservation, catering and ground handling operations. PAL management calls it a “difficult but (...) > continue


The Story Behind Subic-made ships of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Phils., Inc.

A Briefing Paper prepared by Association of Workers in Hanjin Shipyard (SAMAHAN)
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Since June 2008, Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Phils., Inc. manufactured and delivered twenty four vessels, 14 of which is worth $850 million. For the last two years, Hanjin remains the top exporter in Subic Freeport Zone by earning a total amount of $ 372.74 Million freight on board (...) > continue


Extraterritorial obligations (ETOs) For a Rights-Based World Order

FIAN International- Reflections on extraterritorial human rights obligations and the role of the ETO Consortium promoting them
Friday 12 August 2011

Human rights proponents have identified gaps in human rights protection which have become more severe in the context of globalisation during the past 20 years. The ETO Consortium is a network of human rights related NGOs, university institutes and institution-based individuals.

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Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia votes to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Friday 12 August 2011

On July 26th, 2011 the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia gave approval for ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Bolivia will be formally bound by the treaty once it deposits its instrument of ratification with the United Nations Secretariat.

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LITTLE BACK DROP

Friday 29 July 2011 by Fedina

Tribals, the ethnic minority of Kerala, constitute one percent of the state’s population. Formation of the state in 1956 and the division of the state into different districts horizontally left the tribal population of Kerala scattered, mostly in hilly areas. They started facing problems of existence with the encroachment of their ancestral land by powerful settlers from the plains, starting from pre-independence days. PANIYA, the labourers constitute the major share of the 37 tribes of this state.

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