Ateneo Human Rights Center

Founded in 1986 a few months after the historic EDSA Revolution, the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) is a university-based institution that promotes and protects human rights in the Philippines.

In July 2025, AHRC immersed with the Calamian Tagbanwa of the Chindunan-Alulad-Lamud-Marabal (CALM) Ancestral Domain in Culion, Palawan and has since assisted them through their decades-long application for Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title.

To help support AHRC in providing legal aid to the community, we invite you to the
🐚 Pagpakdul Ta Sadlaw: Songs that Light our Way Home
🐚 30 May 2026 | 3:00 PM
🐚 Manila Symphony Orchestra Recital Hall, Ayala Malls Circuit, Makati City

Proceeds from this benefit chamber concert will support Cartwheel Foundation’s and the Ateneo Human Rights Center’s ongoing programs with their Calamian Tagbanwa partner-communities.

🎫 Tickets at:
bit.ly/pagpakdul-ta-sadlaw

Tapos na ang paghihintay!

Results are out! Check your emails 📧

Excited na kaming makasama kayo sa pag-dunggo! ⛵️

Since nauuso ang “kumustahan” ngayon! Let’s check on our friends, family, and loved ones. A simple “Kumusta ka?” can go a long way, especially for the people who have been part of your life for ten, twenty years, or even longer. 🫶

Happy Anniversary, FNF!

Your steadfast support and tireless work in upholding democracy inspire all of us, your partner institutions, to continue advancing human rights advocacy. We deeply value the enduring partnership and solidarity we have built with you through the years.

As Friedrich Naumann Foundation marks its 68th anniversary, we reaffirm our steadfast commitment to advancing freedom, human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, including here in the Philippines.

For nearly seven decades, this mission has been made possible through the dedication, partnership, and shared vision of individuals and communities who believe in a freer and more just society.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this meaningful journey in championing freedom for all. Together, we continue to move forward with hope, purpose, and conviction.

The Senate must not become a refuge for a person wanted for alleged crimes against humanity. There is no constitutional or statutory basis that transforms the Senate premises into a sanctuary from lawful arrest. Public office, political influence, and institutional protection must never be used to obstruct accountability for grave international crimes.

Full statement: www.amnesty.org.ph/2026/05/senator-bato-dela-rosa-must-be-arrested-and-surrendered-to-the-icc/

Together with our friends from Cartwheel Foundation, Cultures in Harmony, The Arts and Health Institute by MAGIS Creative Spaces, and our guests from the Chindunan-Alulad-Lamud-Marabal (CALM) Ancestral Domain in Culion, Palawan, we invite you to share in this afternoon of warmth, community, and belonging.

Witness moving musical performances by Cultures in Harmony and Calamian Tagbanwa culture-bearers, offering songs of hope, healing, and home. The program will also feature a talkback session with the participating organizations and community representatives, creating space for reflection, dialogue, and shared understanding.

Proceeds from this event will support Cartwheel Foundation’s ongoing programs with their Calamian Tagbanwa partner-communities and the Center’s legal and capacity-development efforts toward the protection and security of the CALM Ancestral Domain.

This event is presented by Cultures in Harmony and MAGIS Creative Spaces and sponsored by Manila Symphony Orchestra, The Arts and Health Institute by MAGIS Creative Spaces, and Sun Life Canada Philippines.

🐚 30 May 2026 | 3:00 PM
🐚 Manila Symphony Orchestra Recital Hall, Ayala Malls Circuit, Makati City

🎫 Tickets at:
bit.ly/pagpakdul-ta-sadlaw

In the language of the Calamian Tagbanwa, “pagpakdul ta sadlaw” means “pagbibigay ng liwanag”—to give light. For the Indigenous communities inhabiting the Chindunan-Alulad-Lamud-Marabal (CALM) Ancestral Domain in Culion, Palawan, it is the humming in their lullabies, the rhythm in their dance, and the hymns in their stories that give them light in their darkest and most uncertain days. For the Calamian Tagbanwa of CALM, to give light is to let out a song; to find light is to retrace the maps of their collective history.

This May 30, we invite you to bask in this shared warmth of community and belongingness as we witness musical performances from Cultures in Harmony and our Calamian Tagbanwa culture-bearers who will play songs of hope, healing, and home. This afternoon will likewise include a talkback session with Cartwheel Foundation, the Ateneo Human Rights Center, Cultures in Harmony, The Arts and Health Institute by MAGIS Creative Spaces, and our guests from CALM.

Proceeds from this event will support Cartwheel Foundation, Inc.’s ongoing programs with their Calamian Tagbanwa partner-communities and the Ateneo Human Rights Center’s legal and capacity-development efforts toward the protection and security of the CALM Ancestral Domain.

This event is presented by Cultures in Harmony and MAGIS Creative Spaces, and sponsored by Manila Symphony Orchestra, The Arts and Health Institute by MAGIS Creative Spaces, and Sun Life Philippines.

🐚 30 May 2026 | 3:00 PM
🐚 Manila Symphony Orchestra Recital Hall, Ayala Malls Circuit, Makati City

🎫 Tickets at:
bit.ly/pagpakdul-ta-sadlaw

A call for calm and for media access at the Senate

We urge Senate leadership to allow colleagues access to and egress from the chamber as they perform their duties.

We also urge parties in the developing situation to resolve this issue without putting our colleagues and others who are not involved at risk.

A call for calm and for media access at the Senate

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines expresses concern over the lockdown at the Senate implemented this afternoon.

According to information received from within the upper house, media workers inside the complex are not allowed to go out and those outside cannot enter.

The measures, reportedly prompted by a National Bureau of Investigation attempt to arrest Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, have included barbed wire at the gate and the rolling down of roller doors at the main entrance.

Media deployed to the Senate are assigned to cover matters of national interest, including developments on Dela Rosa's situation.

We urge Senate leadership to allow colleagues access to and egress from the chamber as they perform their duties.

We also urge parties in the developing situation to resolve this issue without putting our colleagues and others who are not involved at risk.

IMPEACHED na si Sara Duterte sa House of Representatives.

255 sa 316 na mga mambabatas ang sumang-ayon sa pagkaka-impeach ni Duterte. 26 sa kanila ang hindi pabor dito, samantalang 9 ang nag-abstain.

Una nang na-impeach si Duterte sa HoR, Pebrero noong nakaraang taon.

Si Duterte ang kauna-unahang bise presidenteng impeached sa House of Representatives. Ang susunod na hakbang ay ang pag-akyat ng impeachment sa Senado, na siyang may tungkuling magpulong agad bilang impeachment court sa oras na matanggap ang mga Articles of Impeachment.

Ano nga ba ang impeachment? Basahin dito: https://www.instagram.com/p/DFsh5u4ztcm/?img_index=5&igsh=MXQ5bTNqcml0YnZyaQ==

Ina ang kauna-unahang nagtataguyod ng karapatang pantao ng isang bata. Mula sa sinapupunan hanggang sa pagtanda, ang gampanin ng isang ina sa buhay ng isang tao ay mahalaga.

Sa bawat tumatayong nanay, nagpapakananay, at mga nanay na walang alinlangang tumitindig—para sa sarili, para sa pamilya, o para sa bayan—Happy Mother's Day mula sa AHRC!

DAPAT ISA LANG MANIFESTO

A movement to pass a genuine anti-political dynasty law through people's initiative

Dapat Isa Lang. Dapat Iba Naman. Para Táyo Naman.

Be one of the signatories of our manifesto: https://go.isalang.org/ManifestoSignUp

Join the people's movement today!

Korik? Korik!

Ta is ra at patuloy na manindigan para sa karapatang pantao. Let's learn the law and serve the people!