HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

Atty. Cheenee Mariekeith C. Vehemente-Cabatbat

COURSE OUTLINE

I. HUMAN RIGHTS: DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS

a. Introduction to Human Rights
 Definition
 Nature of Human Rights
 Classification of Human Rights
 Types of Human Rights
 Phases of Human Rights
 Stages of Human Rights
 30 Universal Human Rights
b. State Responsibilities
 State Obligation
 Sources and Foundation of Human Rights Law
 International Bill of Rights

II. THE PHILIPPINE BILL OF RIGHTS: DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION
CLAUSE
a. Salient Features of the Bill of Rights
 Article III (Bill of Rights) of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
 Aspects of Due Process of Law
 Meaning of Deprivation of Life, Liberty, and Property
 Equal Protection Law
 Search Warrant and Warrant of Arrest
 Requisites for Valid Search Warrant and Warrant of Arrest
 Rights against Unreasonable Search and Seizure

III. THE BILL OF RIGHTS: PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATION AND FREEDOM OF

EXPRESSION
a. Privacy of Communication and Freedom of Expression
 Communication and Correspondence
 Limitation on the Rights of Privacy of Communication
 Writ of Habeas Data
 Freedom of Speech, of Expression, or of the Press
 Limitation of the Freedom of Speech, Expression and the Press
 Aspects of Religious Freedom
 Meaning of Liberty of Abode and Travel
 Right to Information on matters of Public Concern
 Meaning of the Right of Form of Associations
 Essential or Inherent Power of Government
 Meaning of Obligations of Contract
IV. HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED POLICING
 a. Human Rights-Based Policing
 Characteristics of Human Rights-Based Policing
 10 Basic International Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement
b. Bill of Rights: Rights of the Person Accused of a Crime
c. Right to Bail
 Writ of Habeas Corpus
 Writ of Amparo
 Ex-post facto law and Bill of attainder
 Salient provisions of RA No. 7438-Rights of a person arrested, detained or
otherwise under custodial investigation
d. Salient Provisions of RA 9745-The Anti-Torture Law
e. Salient Provisions of RA 10350-Anti Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Law

V. INTERNATIONAL BILL OF HUMAN RIGHTS

a. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
b. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
c. International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
d. International Humanitarian Law
e. International Humanitarian Law and the Philippine Legal System
f. National and International Rights of Children and Women
 Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and
Armed Conflict
g. International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice

VI. RA 11479- ANTI TERRORISM ACT OF 2020

Reference: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

with Human Rights-Based Policing (Baltazar, Llanto, Tamayo, 2022)