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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:NeglectedContents:JS4 stated that the 1987 Constitution did not explicitly mention sexual orientation and gender identity as grounds for protection, making subsequent policies and programmes non-responsive to the various forms of discrimination against LGBTIQ persons.
JS13 stated that transgender persons will continue to suffer discrimination as long as there was no law or policy enabling them to change their name and civil status. [Paras 22, 23] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:ArmeniaArmeniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISOIFIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Take further steps to eliminate the sexual abuse and exploitation perpetrated against children.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:In 2013, the CRC recommended that the Philippines ratify the OP-CRC-IC. [Para 6] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:TanzaniaTanzaniaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Maintain the efforts already undertaken to further increase the enrolment of children in schools, especially that of girls.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Sex work / "prostitution"
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW was concerned that a large number of women were being subjected to exploitation through prostitution and that women in prostitution had been criminalized under the Revised Criminal Code. [Para 45] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:NepalNepalRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Enhance measures to protect the rights of children against all forms of violence and sexual exploitation.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:QuestionSession:1st session, April 2008Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Asked for additional information on policy measures to prevent cross-border trafficking of women children for sexual exploitation and forced labour -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:AlgeriaAlgeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
Type:QuestionSession:1st session, April 2008Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Requested further information on the reasons underlying the high proportion of women involved in emigration flows. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexuality education
Type:Review DocumentationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:JS6 stated that following opposition from an association of Catholic schools and universities, the Senate had suspended plenary debates on Senate Bill No. 1334, which provided, inter alia, for a comprehensive, age-appropriate sexuality education. [Para 17]
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Intensify efforts to meet the MDG5 on maternal mortality, including by ensuring universal access to SRHR and to information, education and counselling.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 11) As of December 2016, CCT provided 4.39-million eligible poor household beneficiaries with health and education cash grants, conditional to the children’s attendance in school and receipt of regular immunization, the mothers’ availment of health care services, and the beneficiary’s attendance to family development sessions. Under the 2017 budget, CCT beneficiary-families are provided a rice allowance
Para 28) Our government budget supports the Department of Health (DOH) in deploying health professionals to the barrios, expanding the immunization program for children, and strengthening the efforts to lower maternal and infant mortality rates, among others. As of June 2016, the National Health Insurance Program covers 92.62 million principal members and dependents.
Para 29) The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Act of 2012 empowers DOH and local government units to ensure that reproductive health becomes universally accessible. To ensure availability of supplies and the training of providers in new contraceptive technologies, DOH has convened the National Implementation Team for the RPRH law.
Para 65) The DOH executed the first “full” implementation of the RPRH Law in 2015 and appropriated PhP 21.74 billion, almost double the budget in the previous year, to support the implementation of various RPRH programs, like the Family Planning Program and the National Safe Motherhood Program.
Para 66) Through RPRH Law, 80% of total live births were covered by DOH facilities. Maternal mortality ratio went down from 221 deaths per 100,000 deliveries in 2011 to 114 per 100,000 deliveries in 2015.
Para 67) In 2016, GPH hit its target of ensuring that 90% of pregnant women were attended to by a skilled health professional. Contraceptive use in the country increased since 2012, with the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate at 33.26% increasing to 46.87% in 2015. Moreover, women’s life expectancy also increased from 72.9 years in 2016 to 74.3 years in 2017.
Para 68) In spite of the two-year temporary restraining order limiting the full implementation of RPRH Law, President Duterte signed EO No. 12 on 9 January 2017 for the purpose of “Attaining and Sustaining Zero Unmet Need for Modern Family Planning Through the Strict Implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act.” The EO provides funds from government sources and encourages support from the private sector.
UN Compilation:
Para 65) There had been hardly any change in the maternal mortality rate over the previous three decades.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 7) CHRP stated that the law on reproductive health had not being uniformly implemented and expressed alarm at the withdrawal of contraceptives in the City of Sirosogon. Furthermore, there had been challenges in the delivery of reproductive health services due to religious and cultural resistance.
Para 24) JS4 stated that the Reproductive Health Law and its corresponding programmes did not cater for the reproductive health needs of lesbian, transgender and intersex persons, who experienced discrimination due to the non-recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Para 93) AI referred to relevant supported recommendations, and stated that the Philippines had taken positive steps, including adopting the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, the Domestic Workers Act and the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. However, the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act had suffered from inconsistent implementation across the country, and there was no mechanism to monitor the implementation of the Act
Para 94) AI stated that repealing the provisions of the the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act which the Supreme Court had ruled to be unconstitutional, would be inconsistent with the international obligations of the Philippines, including Article 12 of CEDAW and Article 12 of ICESCR. JS20 stated that the Act required the consent of male spouses in order for women to access reproductive health procedures and prohibited minors from availing of modern methods of family planning without parental consent, both of which defeated the purpose of addressing teenage pregnancy and empowering women to uphold their sexual and reproductive health rights.
Para 96) JS7 stated that despite legislative guarantees of contraceptive information and services, there were two executive orders in Manila which banned modern contraceptives in all public health care facilities.
Para 130) JS20 stated that indigenous women had been adversely affected by the “No Home Birthing Policy” as they had no access to birthing facilities.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Family planning
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Provide complete and accurate information and access to all methods of family planning irrespective of sex or religion and embed this policy in a legal framework with the adoption of the pending Reproductive Health Bill.ExplanationThe State implements a comprehensive maternal-newborn-child health and nutrition program which includes information and services on family planning. The State has already integrated reproductive health into its Family Health Programs implemented by the Department of Health, a shift from a stand-alone family planning focused programme to one that is more strategic, dynamic, and comprehensive.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 29) The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Act of 2012 empowers DOH and local government units to ensure that reproductive health becomes universally accessible. To ensure availability of supplies and the training of providers in new contraceptive technologies, DOH has convened the National Implementation Team for the RPRH law.
Para 65) The DOH executed the first “full” implementation of the RPRH Law in 2015 and appropriated PhP 21.74 billion, almost double the budget in the previous year, to support the implementation of various RPRH programs, like the Family Planning Program and the National Safe Motherhood Program.
Para 68) In spite of the two-year temporary restraining order limiting the full implementation of RPRH Law, President Duterte signed EO No. 12 on 9 January 2017 for the purpose of “Attaining and Sustaining Zero Unmet Need for Modern Family Planning Through the Strict Implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act.” The EO provides funds from government sources and encourages support from the private sector.
UN Compilation:
Para 64) Referring to the relevant supported recommendations, UNICEF noted that the Philippines had adopted the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, which guaranteed universal access to maternal health, family planning and sex education ... The Committee was concerned that Sorsogon City had adopted Executive Order No. 3 in February 2015, which had resulted in the withdrawal of modern contraceptives from city and community health facilities.
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Para 7) CHRP stated that the law on reproductive health had not being uniformly implemented and expressed alarm at the withdrawal of contraceptives in the City of Sirosogon. Furthermore, there had been challenges in the delivery of reproductive health services due to religious and cultural resistance.
Para 94) AI stated that repealing the provisions of the the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act which the Supreme Court had ruled to be unconstitutional, would be inconsistent with the international obligations of the Philippines, including Article 12 of CEDAW and Article 12 of ICESCR. JS20 stated that the Act required the consent of male spouses in order for women to access reproductive health procedures and prohibited minors from availing of modern methods of family planning without parental consent, both of which defeated the purpose of addressing teenage pregnancy and empowering women to uphold their sexual and reproductive health rights.
Para 96) JS7 stated that despite legislative guarantees of contraceptive information and services, there were two executive orders in Manila which banned modern contraceptives in all public health care facilities.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:1st session, April 2008Status:N/AContents:With the improved performance of women in formal education, greater attention is now being focused in expanding job options of women through technical-vocational training and non-formal education programs that are implemented by government agencies and NGOs. In the last decade, Filipino women have become increasingly active as men in realizing their economic rights, while being assisted with their childcare and other family responsibilities. They are in all kinds of employment in formal or informal work settings here and abroad. The last decade had seen an increase in the number of women in the labor force with 49% of all women working compared to 79% of men. [Para 70] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:NeglectedContents:In 2011, UNICEF stated that in the period since the first UPR, the Philippines had passed a number of laws for the protection of women and children, such as ... Republic Act 9775 Anti Child Pornography Law (2009). However, those laws were not yet consistently nor effectively enforced. [Para 4] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS 13 recommended the passage of anti-discrimination law and gender recognition law that will ensure legal protection, equality and non- discrimination of all people. [Para 25] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Holy SeeHoly SeeRegional groupObserverIssue:
- Inappropriate content
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Maintain the protection of the right to life from conception to natural death. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Family planning
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure that Executive Order No. 12 pertaining to the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act is fully implemented in order to meet the needs for modern family planning and to secure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Proceed with the ratification of the OP-ICESCR.
ExplanationNoted. Those with claims that are moored on less than solid premises or are not in line with the Filipino people’s cultural values, religious beliefs, and national identity. On the latter, the GPH respects cultural rights in accordance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the human right to freedom of religion under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). ... Those that relate to legislative or parliamentary actions that must be informed by multi-stakeholder and multi-sector consultations, the results of which may not be aligned with the recommendations. The GPH fully respects the Filipino people’s right to participative governance as qualified by Article 21 of the UDHR and Article 25 of the ICCPR.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:QuestionSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Have there been efforts to harmonize national legislation to international maternal health standards -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:DjiboutiDjiboutiRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Consider ratifying the OP-ICCPR, as well as the OP-CRPD.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:GABRIELA stated that the counter-insurgency programme, “Oplan Bayanihan”, resulted in massive human rights violations and heinous cases of violence against women, particularly in indigenous, rural and urban poor communities. [Para 108] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:BangladeshBangladeshRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Forced sterilization
- Adolescent pregnancy
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Pursue effective measures to reduce maternal mortality and protect adolescent girls as well as to forced sterilization of women.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW noted with concern that discriminatory gender stereotypes, the lack of an adequate support system and stigma posed barriers to access to justice and effective remedies for women. It recommended strengthening efforts to ensure the full and timely implementation of the Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda, and fully enforcing the Magna Carta of Women. [Para 15] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:MauritiusMauritiusRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Establish or promote an appropriate framework to protect women against gender-based violence.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:N/AContents:On September 2012, the Philippines ratified International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. In May 2013, GPH signed a bilateral agreement on the employment of household service workers with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The passage of Batas Kasambahay in 2013 ensures that domestic workers, majority of whom are women, are given the same recognition given to formal sector workers. This landmark legislation provides for domestic workers’ monthly minimum wage, daily and weekly rest periods, annual service incentive leave with pay, thirteenth month pay, and social security coverage.
Advocacy efforts on the implementation of the law include the use of infomercials and official social media channels. With the assistance of local government units (LGU), our social protection agencies have facilitated the registration of domestic workers. As of 2015, DOLE has also provided assistance to more than 400 workers, facilitating the release of PhP 3.09 million monetary benefits to 213 domestic workers through its dispute settlement mechanism. [Paras 93-95]
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Noting relevant concerns, the [CRPD] recommended that the Philippines, inter alia: (a) ensure that women, girls and persons with psychosocial disabilities had comprehensive access to sexual reproductive health and community-based rehabilitation services in rural and remote areas; (b) increase health-care professionals’ training on the provision of sexual and reproductive health-care education and services to such persons; and (c) strengthen training for all regional health workers nationwide by reactivating the Reproductive Health Law.