XIII. International Cooperation
Since the creation of the United Nations the Philippines has consistently networked with the members of the world community. From the League of Nations to the UN and then to the regional alliances of nations in southeast Asia, the Philippines has served as initiators and/or cooperators.
In the human rights movement, the Philippines was among the initiators and signatories of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR). This consistency is further demonstrated as the Philippines'; Permanent Mission to the United Nations readily partnered with Mexico in the promulgation in December 2001 of the United Nations resolution 56/168, which created the Ad Hoc Committee to consider proposals for a comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities.84
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- UN Resolution 56/168
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Acronym for Human Rights Instruments | Full Name of Human Rights Instrument | Lead Agency | Assisting agency |
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ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | DOJ | DFA |
CAT | Convention Against Torture | DILG | DFA |
CERD | Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | NCIP | DFA |
ICESCR | International Covenanto n Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | NEDA | DFA |
CMW | Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers | DOLE | POEA |
CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women | NCRFW | DFA |
CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child | DSWD | DFA |
Table from the website of Presidential Human Rights Committee85
- Note #85
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The Philippines served as the Vice Chairman of the International Conference in the earlier stages of the Ad-Hoc Committee that eventually adopted the current Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). On April 15, 2008, the Philippines became the 23rd ratifying country of the CRPD. As the 8th major United Nations human rights instrument, the CRPD. like the other core treaties adopted previously shall become a significant part of the laws of the land, in compliance to the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
With this consistency in supporting human rights, it is expected that the CRPD. will eventually be translated into enabling national policies to secure the enjoyment of Filipinos with disabilities of all human rights on an equal basis
with everyone else in the country.
Human Rights Instrument | Date of Adoption | Date of Signature | Date ofRatification | Entry into Force for RP |
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ICESR | 1966 Dec 16 | 1966 Dec 19 | 1974 May 17 | 1976 Jan 03 |
ICCPR | 1966 Dec 16 | 1966 Dec 19 | 1986 Feb 28 | 1987 Jan 23 |
ICCPR-OP1 | 1966 Dec 16 | 1966 Dec 19 | 1989 Aug 22(a) | 1989 Nov 22 |
ICCPR-OP2- DP | 1989 Dec 15 | 2006 Sep 21 | ||
CERD | 1965 Dec 21 | 1966 Mar 07 | 1967 Aug 15 | 1969 Jan 04 |
CBR | 1979 Dec 18 | 1981 Jul 15 | 1981 Jul 19 | 1981 Sep 04 |
CEDAW-OP | 1999 Oct 06 | 2000 Mar 21 | 2003 Nov 12 | 2004 Feb 12 |
CAT | 1984 Dec 10 | 1986 Jun 18(a) | 1987 Jun 26 | |
CAT-OP | 2002 Dec 18 | |||
CRC | 1989 Nov 20 | 1989 Jan 26 | 1990 Jul 26 | 1990 Sep 20 |
CRC-OP-AS | 2000 May 25 | 2000 Sep 08 | 2003 Aug 26 | 2003 Sep 26 |
CRC-OP-SC | 2000 May 25 | 2000 Sep 08 | 2002 May 28 | 2002 Jun 28 |
CMW | 1990 Dec 18 | 1993 Nov 15 | 1995 Jul 1995 | 2003 Jul 01 |
Table from the website of Presidential Human Rights Committee86
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- Presidential Human Rights Committee website
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