RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE PRINCIPLES AND IDEALS OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 70TH ANNIVERSARY

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION IN ITS OPINION NO. 61/2018 CONCERNING SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE TARGETED AND SYSTEMATIC ATTACKS AND CONTINUED ASSAULT AGAINST LAWYERS, PROSECUTORS AND JUDGES, WITH THE END VIEW OF UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW, PROMOTING JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PROTECTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS AND THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RECENT INSTANCES OF ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS REPORTEDLY PERPETRATED BY CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING AND UPGRADING THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE WITH THE ULTIMATE END OF ENSURING ADHERENCE TO ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES, AVOIDING PREMATURE AND PREJUDICIAL TRIAL BY PUBLICITY AND PROTECTING THE LIVES, PROPERTY AND HONOR OF OUR CITIZENS, INCLUDING OUR RESPONSIBLE OFFICERS

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND RELEVANT OFFICE/S TO STUDY AND TO CONSIDER FOR POSSIBLE ADHERENCE AND ACQUIESCENCE THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ICESCR), AS A STRONG AND UNEQUIVOCAL STATEMENT ABOUT THE VALUE OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT LACKS MEANINGFUL ACTION TO END IMPUNITY FOR EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, TORTURE, AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES, BASED ON THE WORLD REPORT 2014 OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE(S), TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PRACTICE OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (AND POSSIBLY OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES) OF FORCIBLY TAKING PERSONS TO POLICE STATIONS FOR QUESTIONING, UNDER THE GUISE OF AN 'INVITATION', WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING MEASURES THAT WOULD PUT A STOP TO THIS CONSTITUTIONALLY OBJECTIONABLE PRACTICE WHICH VIOLATES THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE CONCURRENCE OF THE SENATE IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, AND THEREBY FURTHER STRENGTHENING HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL THAT TORTURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON PROTECTING LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FILIPINOS FROM DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND ABUSE BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY FUNDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 66TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED PERSISTENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, ESPECIALLY BY STATE AGENTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS ONE OF FIVE COUNTRIES WHERE MURDERS AND EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF LAND RIGHTS DEFENDERS ARE MOST PREVALENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT AN AUSTRALIAN TOURIST KILLED A FILIPINA MISTAKEN FOR A TRANSGENDER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN HUMAN RIGHTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PERSISTENCE OF ILLEGAL TRADE OF FILIPINOS AMID EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CURB ILLEGAL HUMAN TRADE IN LIGHT OF THE TIER 2 CATEGORY RATING OF THE US STATE DEPARTMENT IN THE 2015 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REAL SITUATION OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (UP) STUDENTS AND OTHER MISSING PERSONS BELIEVED TO BE ABDUCTED AND AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE SAME WITH THE INTENTION OF BREATHING LIFE AND GIVING MEANING TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROVISIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE MASSACRE OF A TRIBAL FAMILY AND DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY THE MILITARY AGAINST RESIDENTS OF BONG MAL, SOUTH COTABATO WHO ACTIVELY OPPOSE THE TAMPAKAN GOLD-COPPER PROJECT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FACED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES