Community-based dialogues conducted by the regional offices tackled a broad range of issues having particular content. These included: (1) extra-judicial killings; (2) problems of ISFs; (3) capacity-building of the CBD CAR Core Group; (4) Persons with Disability; (5) CHR-PNP-CSO forum; (6) death penalty; (7) ESCR; (8) the uniformed sectors; (9) passage of anti-discrimination ordinance and mental health ordinance; (10) right to political participation; (11) human rights ordinances; (12) alleged discrimination of unvaccinated individuals; (13) implementation of JJWA; (14) rights of persons under custody; (15) rights of children CICL/CAR; (16) sessions on IPs; (17) community-based core group strengthening; (18) mandatory vaccination; (19) right to suffrage; (20) Safe Spaces Act; (21) IP parents with teen-age pregnant child; (22) child marriage; (23) land-grabbing; (24) HR forum with PNP, LGUs and CSOs; (25) CSAC; (26) IDP situationer and IDP bill; (27) RA 11596 on child marriage; (28) IDPs in BARMM; (29) birth registration among IPs (30) right to information; and (31) child sexual abuse. D. Human Rights Observatory The Human Rights Observatory (HRO) in the Philippines is a monitoring and evaluation system tracking the state’s implementation of its human rights obligations. It houses relevant documents such as laws, bills, ordinances, treaties, documentation of Supreme Court cases, human rights violation cases reported to the Commission on Human Rights, and situational reports. The HRO has observatories on the following thematic areas: (a) indigenous peoples (indigenous peoples' human rights observatory); (b) women and LGBTQI persons, and persons with diverse SOGIE (gender-based violence observatory); (c) overseas-based Filipino workers and members of their families (migrants’ rights observatory); populations affected by climate change and natural disasters (climate change observatory); and persons with disabilities (Philippine observatory on the rights of persons with disabilities). A 6th observatory, the Observatory for SDG 16, is currently being developed that focuses on conflict and International Humanitarian Law (IHL)-related data as part of CHR's commitment to the SDG 16 monitoring in the Philippines. VII. Institutional Development Efforts at institutional development strive to make the CHR a stable and efficient organizational and structural unit by strengthening its work force capabilities as well as investing for the long-term in facility and technology improvements. There are many forms of actions and interventions comprising institutional development. On the whole, these include processes and systems corresponding to personnel’s skills and performance management, achieving diversity and heterogeneity of staffing, distributing beneficial resources and maintaining employees’ health and wellbeing, among others. All endeavors at institutional development are meant to serve and fulfil the needs of the organization towards enabling its operational functions as NHRI and achieving ultimately its targets and goals. • Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) The CHR through the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence Committee conducted a nomination to award an exemplary employee who exhibited dedication to their work and excelled among peers in a functional group, position or profession. The selection process was based on the Approved Implementing Criteria and Mechanics of the CSC Approved CHR PRAISE. On December 9 2022, a total of 80 nominees were recognized and awarded for their service and excellence. The awards include; 1 Best Employee Award; 76 Gantimpala Agad Award; 2 Exemplary Behavior Award; and 1 Personnel Motivation and Incentive Award. The awardees received a plaque of recognition and cash up to Php 10,000.00. This recognition coincided with the National Human Rights Consciousness Celebration as the CHR strongly believed that recognizing exceptional employees went hand-in-hand with upholding the principles of human rights. 31