2021 National Human Rights Situation Report i LGBTQIA+ continue to suffer from discrimination, public ridicule, harassment, physical and sexual abuse, and other forms of violence in the Philippines during the pandemic. A positive development that could help address these concerns is the passage of several local ordinances that provide for anti-discrimination provisions. The discussion on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) highlights the alarming attacks that have been documented against HRDs in the Philippines. Killings, harassment, and systematic targeting of HRDs have been observed by the Commission on Human Rights. Even high ranking officials of the National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) have not been spared by the systematic attacks by State authorities in their attempts to delegitimize the concerns and advocacies raised by HRDs. State mechanisms to ensure accountability have not been able to keep up with the pace of the violations versus HRDs during the current calendar year. The State has also attempted to address these aforementioned human rights concerns. Part of it was done through legislative measures to address ESCR issues in particular. Programs to address CPR issues continue to be found wanting especially when benchmarked against human rights outcomes on the ground. The Report also includes an in-depth discussion of the actions taken by the CHR Central Office and Regional Offices located in sixteen (16) regions in the country. Motu propio investigations of rights violations, provision of financial assistance and legal advice were undertaken by the different CHR field offices to immediately provide redress for human rights victims. Lastly, the Report provides a list of recommendations to State authorities that, if properly implemented, should result in verifiable improvements on the ground. CPR rights, particularly those that involve issue of killings need to be addressed, especially now that the world has trained its sights on the Philippine human rights situation following the the twin developments of having a UN-imposed joint program on human rights and the initiation of a formal investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity as a result of the bloody drug war conducted by the Duterte administration.