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    The executive order declares the Commission on Human Rights operational as mandated by the 1987 Constitution. It establishes the Commission's composition of a Chairperson and four members appointed by the President to seven-year terms. The order assigns the Commission powers to investigate human rights violations, monitor Philippine compliance with international treaties, and perform other duties to protect human rights. It also abolishes the Presidential Committee on Human Rights, transferring its appropriations, assets, and personnel to the new Commission.

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    The executive order declares the Commission on Human Rights operational as mandated by the 1987 Constitution. It establishes the Commission's composition of a Chairperson and four members appointed by the President to seven-year terms. The order assigns the Commission powers to investigate human rights violations, monitor Philippine compliance with international treaties, and perform other duties to protect human rights. It also abolishes the Presidential Committee on Human Rights, transferring its appropriations, assets, and personnel to the new Commission.

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    The executive order declares the Commission on Human Rights operational as mandated by the 1987 Constitution. It establishes the Commission's composition of a Chairperson and four members appointed by the President to seven-year terms. The order assigns the Commission powers to investigate human rights violations, monitor Philippine compliance with international treaties, and perform other duties to protect human rights. It also abolishes the Presidential Committee on Human Rights, transferring its appropriations, assets, and personnel to the new Commission.

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    EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.

    163

    DECLARING THE EFFECTIVITY OF THE CREATION OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS


    AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE 1987 CONSTITUTION, PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR THE
    OPERATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

    WHEREAS, the 1987 Constitution has been ratified by the people;

    WHEREAS, the 1987 Constitution has created an independent office called the Commission on
    Human Rights; and

    WHEREAS, there is an urgent necessity to constitute the Commission on Human Rights to give effect
    to the State policy that “the State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full
    respect for human rights.”

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers
    vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:

    SECTION 1. The Commission on Human Rights as provided for under Article XIII of the 1987
    Constitution is hereby declared to be now in existence.

    SECTION 2. (a) The Commission on Human Rights shall be composed of a Chairman and four
    Members who must be natural-born citizens of the Philippines and, at the time of their appointment, at
    least thirty five years of age and must not have been candidates for any elective position in the
    elections immediately preceding their appointment. However, a majority thereof shall be members of
    the Philippine Bar.

    (b) The Chairman and the Members of the Commission on Human Rights shall not, during their
    tenure, hold any other office or employment. Neither shall they engage in the practice of any
    profession or in the active management or control of any business which in any way be affected by
    the functions of their office, nor shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract
    with, or in any franchise or privilege granted by the government, any of its subdivisions, agencies, or
    instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations or their subsidiaries.

    (c) The Chairman and the Members of the Commission on Human Rights shall be appointed by the
    President for a term of seven years without reappointment. Appointment to any vacancy shall be only
    for the unexpired term of the predecessor.

    (d) The Chairman and the Members of the Commission on Human Rights shall receive the same
    salary as the Chairman and Members, respectively, of the Constitutional Commissions, which shall
    not be decreased during their term of office.

    SECTION 3. The Commission of Human Rights shall have the following powers and functions:

    (1) Investigate, on its own or on complaint by any party, all forms of human rights violations involving
    civil and political rights;

    (2) Adopt its operational guidelines and rules of procedure, and cite for contempt for violations thereof
    in accordance with the Rules of Court.
    (3) Provide appropriate legal measures for the protection of human rights of all persons within the
    Philippines, as well as Filipinos residing abroad, and provide for preventive measures and legal aid
    services to the under-privileged whose human rights have been violated or need protection;

    (4) Exercise visitorial powers over jails, prisons, or detentions facilities;

    (5) Establish a continuing program of research, education, and information to enhance respect for the
    primacy of human rights;

    (6) Recommend to the Congress effective measures to promote human rights and to provide for
    compensation to victims of violations of human rights, or their families;

    (7) Monitor the Philippine Government’s compliance with international treaty obligations on human
    rights;

    (8) Grant immunity from prosecution to any person whose testimony or whose possession of
    documents or other evidence is necessary or convenient to determine the truth in any investigation
    conducted by it or under its authority;

    (9) Request the assistance of any department, bureau, office, or agency in the performance of its
    functions;

    (10) Appoint its officers and employees in accordance with law; and

    (11) Perform such other duties and functions as may be provided by law.

    SECTION 4. The Presidential Committee on Human Rights, created under Executive Order No. 8
    dated March 18, 1986, as modified, is hereby abolished. The Commission on Human Rights shall
    exercise such functions and powers of the Presidential Committee on Human Rights under Executive
    Order No. 8, as modified, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

    The unexpended appropriations of the Presidential Committee on Human Rights are hereby
    transferred to the Commission on Human Rights. All properties, records, equipment, buildings,
    facilities and other assets of the Presidential Committee on Human Rights shall be transferred to the
    Commission on Human Rights.

    The Commission on Human Rights may retain such personnel of the Presidential Committee on
    Human Rights as may be necessary in the fulfillment of its powers and functions. Any public officer or
    employee separated from service as a result of the abolition of the Presidential Committee on Human
    Rights effected under this Executive Order shall receive the benefits to which they may be entitled
    under existing laws, rules and regulations.

    SECTION 5. The approved annual appropriations of the Commission on Human Rights shall be
    automatically and regularly released.

    SECTION 6. All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this
    Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

    SECTION 7. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.


    Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-
    seven.

    (Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO


    President of the Philippines

    By the President:

    (Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO


    Executive Secretary

    Source: Presidential Management Staff

    Office of the President of the Philippines. (1987). [Executive Order Nos. : 1 – 170]. Manila : Presidential
    Management Staff.

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