1.

The Philippine Constitution

2. Rights of the Child

a. RA 9344 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE JUVENILE JUSTICE

AND WELFARE SYSTEM,

b. RA 7610 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STRONGER DETERRENCE AND SPECIAL

PROTECTION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

c. RA 9231 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF THE WORST FORMS

OF CHILD LABOR AND AFFORDING STRONGER PROTECTION FOR THE
WORKING CHILD, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACTNO. 7610, AS
AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION ACT"

d. RA 9775 - Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009

e. RA 8044 – National Youth Commission

f. RA 6972 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DAY CARE CENTER IN EVERY BARANGAY,

INSTITUTING THEREIN A TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF
CHILDREN PROGRAM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

g. PD 603 - The Child and Youth Welfare Code

h. RA 11648 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STRONGER PROTECTION AGAINST RAPE

AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE, INCREASING THE AGE FOR
DETERMINING THE COMMISSION OF STATUTORY RAPE, AMENDING FOR THE
PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE REVISED
PENAL CODE,” REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8353, ALSO KNOWN AS “THE ANTI-RAPE LAW
OF 1997,” AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE “SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST ABUSE, EXPLOITATION
AND DISCRIMINATION ACT”

3. Rights of women

a. RA 9262 - VAWC

b. RA 10364 - "AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN

PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE
NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND
SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS
VIOLATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

c. RA 9710 - The Magna Carta of Women

d. RA 7877 – Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995

e. Act 4112 - An Act to Amend Section Four Hundred and Thirty-One of the
Administrative Code, as amended, by Granting the Right of Suffrage to the Women and
Making them Eligible to All Public Offices, and for Other Purposes

f. PD 633 - Creating the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women

g. EO 273 - Approval and Adoption of Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive

Development, 1995-2025

h. Presidential Proclamation 1172 - Declaring November 25 to December 12 of Every

Year as the “18 Day Campaign to End Violence against Women“

4. Rights of Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender person

LGBT

a. Ang Ladlad vs. COMELEC, April 8, 2010

5. Rights of Senior Citizens

a. RA 7432 - An Act to Maximize the Contribution of Senior Citizens to Nation Building,

Grants Benefits and Special Privileges.

b. RA 7876 - Senior Citizens Center Act of the Philippines

c. RA 9994 - “AN ACT TO MAXIMIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS

TO NATION BUILDING, GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES”

6. Rights of Disabled Persons

a. BP 344 - An Act to Enhance the Mobility of Disabled Persons by Requiring Certain
Buildings, Institutions, Establishments and Public Utilities to install Facilities and Other
Devices

b. RA 7277 - An Act Providing For The Rehabilitation, Self-Development And Self-

Reliance Of Disabled Person And Their Integration Into The Mainstream Of Society And
For Other Purposes.

c. RA 9442 - An Act Amending Republic Act No. 7277, Otherwise Known As The
“Magna Carta For Disabled Persons, And For Other Purposes”

d. RA 10070 - Establishing Institutional Mechanism To Ensure The Implementation Of

Programs And Services For Persons With Disabilities In Every Province, City and
Municipality, Amending Republic Act No. 7277, Otherwise Known As The Magna Carta
For Disabled Persons, As Amended, And For Other Purposes

e. DILG MC 2009-37 - Support For Community-Based Program For Children With

Disabilities

f. DILG MC 2009-29 -

g. Adm. No. 35 - Directing all Departments, Bureaus, Government-owned and/or

controlled Corporations, Government Financial Institutions, Local Government Units,
State Universities/Colleges and Schools, and other Government/Instrumentalities to
Promote and Conduct Relevant Activities During the Annual Observance of the National
Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week

8. Right to Social Security

a. RA 8282 - THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAW

b. RA 8291 - AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1146, AS

AMENDED, EXPANDING AND INCREASING THE COVERAGE AND BENEFITS OF
THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, INSTITUTING REFORMS
THEREIN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

9. Right to Health

a. RA 7875 - AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM

FOR ALL FILIPINOS
AND ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR
THE PURPOSE

b. Presidential Proclamation 46 – Launching of the Polio Eradication Project

10. Right to a Health Environment

a. Oposa vs. Factoran July 30, 1993

11. Right to Privacy

a. SC AM no. 08-1-16-SC - THE RULE ON THE WRIT OF HABEAS DATA

b. RA 9995- Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009

c. RA 10173 – Data Privacy Act of 2012

12. Right to Life, Liberty, and Security

a. RA 10353 - Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012.″

b. RA 9745 - Freedom from Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading
Treatment or Punishment, An Absolute Bight

c. Rule on Writ of Amparo -

d. AO 181 -

e. AO 197 –

13. Remedies of unjustly arrested and/ or detained persons

a. RA 7309 - AN ACT CREATING A BOARD OF CLAIMS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT

OF JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF UNJUST IMPRISONMENT OR DETENTION AND
VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

b. Rule on Habeas Corpus

c. RA 9439 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DETENTION OF PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS
AND MEDICAL CLINICS ON GROUNDS OF NONPAYMENT OF HOSPITAL BILLS OR
MEDICAL EXPENSES

d. RA 10368 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR REPARATION AND RECOGNITION OF

VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING THE MARCOS REGIME,
DOCUMENTATION OF SAID VIOLATIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

14. Rights of the accused, victims, and witnesses of crimes

a. RA 8505 - Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998

b. RA 6981 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A WITNESS PROTECTION, SECURITY AND

BENEFIT PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

c. RA 9999 - AN ACT PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

d. RA 9346 - N ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN THE

PHILIPPINES

e. Article III Bill of Rights

f. Rule 115, Rules of Court

15. Other human rights violations penalized

a. Act 3815 - AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS

16. Human Rights Mechanisms

a. EO 163 - Creation of the Commission on Human Rights

b. RA 9201 - AN ACT DECLARING DECEMBER 4 TO 10 AS NATIONAL HUMAN

RIGHTS CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK IN THE COUNTRY AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

c. PD 443 - THE REPARATIONS LAW

17. Others

a. RA 11313 - An Act Defining Gender-Based Sexual Harassment in Streets, Public

Spaces, Online, Workplaces, and Educational or Training Institutions, Providing
Protective Measures and Prescribing Penalties Therefor

Human rights law is dynamic and continues to evolve.

RA 10158 - AN ACT DECRIMINALIZING VAGRANCY