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Philippines

Regional group:

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	Vice-president (2008-2009, 2018)
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	Regional Group Coordinator (2023) Member of Working Group on Situations (2021)
OHCHR presence:	Human Rights Adviser
NHRI accreditation status:	A

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

World Programme for Human Rights Education; Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review; Extreme poverty and human rights; Human rights and climate change; Human rights education and training; Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children; Trafficking in persons, especially women and children; Youth and human rights; Technical cooperation and capacity building for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2006, Philippines has (in the absence of consensus) tended to abstain during votes on resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention). Notwithstanding, it voted in favour of a 2012 resolution, and a 2014 text on the situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It voted against a 2009 resolution on the situation in Sudan. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Philippines has consistently voted in favour, though on four occasions it abstained. On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Philippines has joined consensus on all resolutions except for two that were voted on during the period of its membership: on cooperation with Ukraine (Philippines voted in favour), and on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Philippines voted in favour). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Philippines has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, it has nearly always voted in favour. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Philippines has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, all adopted texts.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on toxic waste, 2005

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

CAT
3.5 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2008, 2012, 2017)

Mid-term report

Level of delegation

Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 65 / 192

2^nd cycle: 173 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

YES

Response to allegations from government concerned?
YES

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 5

The Philippines tabled pledges and commitments in support of its candidacy for membership for the period 2016-2018 on 15 October 2015.

At an international level, the Philippines made commitments to: foster cooperation with states to make the Council more efficient; bridge national, regional, and international human rights goals and standards; enhance the domestic implementation of all human rights treaty obligations and programmes; be a voice for vulnerable groups, including migrants, women and children; be sensitive to challenges that impact on human rights; support the right to development; actively engage with the Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures, and the UPR; continuing to support the important work of national human rights institutions; and work closely with OHCHR on initiatives in areas such as trafficking and human rights education and training.

Domestically, the Philippines pledged to: implement all human rights treaty obligations, realise the UN Millennium Development Goals, support policies that address the concerns of migrants and children, and support the work of NHRIs.

An analysis of steps taken by the Philippines in fulfilment of its international pledges shows that it has facilitated only 24% Special Procedures visit requests, and has responded to around 46% of all communications. Regarding engagement with the Treaty Bodies, the Philippines is Party to seven core conventions, two of its periodic reports under those treaties were submitted late (CRPD and CRC) and two are overdue (ICCPR and CERD).

Philippines

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 65 / 192

2nd cycle: 173 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 5

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 65 / 192

2^nd cycle: 173 / 192