From the Chairperson Leila M. de Lima message F tien per by the Philippine Government’s submission of its consolidated second, third, fourth and fifth periodic report on the implementation of the United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR), the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) has harnessed its specific mandate to ‘monitor government compliance with international human rights treaties’ to directly engage in the treaty reporting process. This resolve has been strengthened with assistance of the United Nations Development Program Project on Fostering Democratic Governance: Strengthening the Human Rights Infrastructure in the Philippines and through this publication we aim to share our outputs for all stakeholders to appreciate their role in the treaty reporting process. We in the Commission regard the engagement with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) as significant for two reasons. First, it was the Commission's debut in the treaty reporting process. Second, the participation was touted as the first National Human Rights Institution to have been requested to provide independent views within the dialogue between the CESCR and a State Party. A main feature of this collection of documents is the mapping of State Responsibilities in which the Commission has addressed the issuance of Concluding Observations by the Committee. What actions do all duty holders have to perform in light of the observations of the treaty body? How do we, as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), bring home human rights in this treaty reporting process? The Commission has the obligation to popularize the concluding observations and refer these recommendations to all branches of government for their compliance as expressed in recommendations for administrative, legislative and other measures. this context that strategic referrals are made in ensuring greater consciousness of human all duty bearers across government structures. It is in rights obligations by To ensure popularization of the Convention and the Philippine’s record of compliance by duty bearers, we have laid out a mapping of responsible state agencies. In this expression we clarify that when one speaks of government, of government. what comes to mind are the three branches However, human rights advocates, such as NHRIs, elaborate the term to direct human rights obligations not merely to the branches of government but more accurately, to the branches of state responsibilities. Hence, we have referred specific recommendations to agencies of the executive, respective committees of the legislature, as well as to the judiciary, and other constitutional agencies. The Commission is working with civil society partners to ensure that these recommendations are acted upon. We offer this maiden issue of the CHRP Treaty Series Publication on the United Nations Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a demonstration of our role as a national institution for the promotion and protection of human rights in which we endeavor to help create awareness and greater consciousness for the full enjoyment of all human rights. Vi