Bill Type
Congress Name
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT DEFINING THE RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, DECLARING STATE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND INSTITUTING EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THESE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
June 30, 2022
Date Read
July 26, 2022
Bill Status
Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2022-07-26
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00077 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DEFINING THE RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, DECLARING STATE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND INSTITUTING EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THESE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS | |
| ABSTRACT : Defines several terms among others such as Human Rights Defender; Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Intimidation or Reprisal (any form of violence, threat, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination, pressure, judicial harassment, or any other arbitrary or abusive action or threat including cyber- attacks, hacking, defacement of websites, distributed denial-of-service attacks, and similar acts . . . including proposed, attempted, or imputed work or activity directed at persons, group of people, or properties in connection or with association with the human rights defender. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : LAGMAN, EDCEL C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2022-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Bordado (000 2022-09-20) | 2. Garcia (P.J.) (000 2022-12-05) |
| 3. Maceda (000 2023-03-06) | 4. Romulo (000 2023-03-06) |
| 5. Adiong (000 2023-03-08) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON 2022-07-26 |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Defines several terms among others such as Human Rights Defender; Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Intimidation or Reprisal (any form of violence, threat, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination, pressure, judicial harassment, or any other arbitrary or abusive action or threat including cyber- attacks, hacking, defacement of websites, distributed denial-of-service attacks, and similar acts . . . including proposed, attempted, or imputed work or activity directed at persons, group of people, or properties in connection or with association with the human rights defender.
Significance