Amicus Brief – Human Rights and Climate Change
Appendix:
Omnibus Rules
RULE 2
SCOPE OF COMMISSION JURISDICTION
Section 1
Pursuant to Sections 17 to 19, Article XIII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, in relation to Executive
Order No. 163, dated 5 May 1987, and relevant international human rights instruments, the Commission
on Human Rights shall take cognizance of and investigate, on its own or on complaint by any party, all
forms of human rights violations and abuses involving civil and political rights, to include but not limited to
the following:
a) right to life;
b) right to liberty;
c) right to security;
d) right to respect for one’s dignity;
e) freedom from slavery and involuntary servitude;
f) freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment;
g) right to protection from enforced disappearance;
h) freedom from arbitrary interference with one’s privacy, family, home, or correspondence;
i) freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention or exile;
j) freedom of movement and residence;
k) freedom of thought, conscience and religion;
l) freedom of the press, speech, opinion and expression;
m) freedom from discrimination;
n) right to marry and to found a family; and
o) right to own property.
Section 2
The Commission on Human Rights shall monitor the Philippine Government’s compliance with
international human rights treaties and instruments to which the Philippines is a State party. This includes,
but is not limited to, the actions taken by the Government, the manner and/or means of implementation
or application of the human rights related laws, principles, norms and standards, in relation to the State
obligations to respect, protect and fulfill the human rights of all persons within the Philippines, as well as
Filipinos residing abroad.
Corollary thereto, the Commission on Human Rights, in line with its role as a national human rights
institution, shall also investigate and monitor all economic, social and cultural rights violations and
abuses, as well as threats of violations thereof, especially with respect to the conditions of those who are
marginalized, disadvantaged, and vulnerable.
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