• Human Rights Institute The Human Rights Institute (HRI) of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has continuously established its presence as a premier institution to offer human rights education in the public and private arenas, and among the other relevant sectors. It is a product of the long-term objective of the Commission to foster and sustain human rights culture in the Philippines. The HRI platform began this year and it was able to successfully develop different human rights education efforts. The second semester of the year was full of sustained activities and brought forth receptive interest from the general public. The HRI was able to conduct 19 certificate courses – both general and specialized courses – with a total number of 10, 264 enrollees, 5,345-course completers, and a high 91.71% passing rate. These numbers translate to the growing relevance of HRI and the success of the educational programs it has been offering to all individuals. It also garnered hundreds of successful testimonies that mark HRI’s credibility in offering human rights education programs. The Human Rights Institute (HRI) Facebook Page offers online courses and features different online activities. This includes a Webinar titled “YSpeak” – a thematic seminar conducted on the internet every month together with “You My Rights TV.” The said live streaming engagements were cross-posted by the official CHR Facebook account to other social media sites and hence provided more avenues for the promotion of human rights education activities. The CHR has embarked on providing online learning courses as an added option to face-to-face or in-person mode of learning. Through a certificate program, the institution has successfully helped educate various sectors as target participants by removing the impediments to free, fair and readily available sources of knowledge and skills. As part of this objective, the Human Rights Institute of the Human Rights Education and Promotion Office of the CHR launched in 2022 a selected career skill course that will provide opportunity to complete a Certificate Course. The special course on the Right to Health was offered and opened for registration. The duration for this was from December 19 to 23, 2022. This is a synchronous learning venture where a number of learners participate in the same class with the same instructors. Enrollees can access and complete lectures, readings, homework, and learning materials within the given timeframe. B. Center for Human Rights Education (CHRE) The Center for Human Rights Education (CHRE) is one of the flagship programs of the Commission on Human Rights that aims to strengthen its mandate by developing a continuing program on research, education, and information and by this means enhance awareness and appreciation for the primacy of human rights in the academe. The CHR encourages all state universities and colleges (SUCs) and private higher education institutions (HEIs) to establish a CHRE to help accelerate the formation of a culture of human rights in the academic sector and in the local communities they serve. The CHREs are a response to the various local and international mandates, emphasizing the promotion and protection of human rights through education. In particular, CHREs are established to address the aim of the 1996 agreement between CHR with the CHED; with the DECs (now DepEd), and with the Amnesty International Philippines, which is to strengthen human rights education and conducting human rights and training programs (as per CHED memorandum Order No.31 s. 1996 in all HEIs). 20