A/HRC/19/81 Domestic: • Strengthened CHR as an institution through legislation & internal reform, including strengthening Women's Human Rights Center & Child Rights Center • Raised millions of US dollars from International Partners; oversee project management including M &E and reporting • Oversee CHR activities on “Human Rights and HIV/AIDS” • Strengthened partnership with Phil. Judicial Academy for training of judges on human rights issues such as gender responsiveness, child responsiveness, civil & political rights violations • Prioritization of human rights related legislative measures in Congress, ensured to be compliant with hr standards, incl. bills to criminalize torture, ejk & disappearances, bill on age of criminal responsibility; Helped draft and advocate passage of laws on IHL, Anti-torture and Magna Carta of Women, anti-child pornography law; Adviser to legislative committee on law against racial and religious discrimination • Organized and Chaired national summit on IHL and HR for 60th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions (Aug. '09) • Wrote and presented CHR independent report to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Aug. '09) including vulnerabilities of indigenous peoples to the effects of armed conflict, economic underdevelopment and natural disasters • Report on Government and Civil Society Actions to address Extrajudicial Killings • Training of top legislative staff on HR-based approach to legislation • Review of HR education curricula for military • Consultant to National Council on Persons with Disabilities preparing national report to U.N. Committee on CPWD • Formulated CHR policy on rights based-approach to disasters • Developing CHR‟s policy and network on business and human rights, including advocacy for the Global Compact on Corporate Social Responsibility • Working with civil society groups of women and youth in Mindanao towards peace building and human rights Other current activities: • Lecturer, Philippine Judicial Academy • Legal Devts. to address EJK and Disappearances • Anti-Violence against Women and Children • Lecturer, San Beda Graduate School of Law • Protections for Women & Children in Domestic and Intl. Law • U.N. Law and Legal Remedies • Governance and Human Rights • Member, Philippine Working Group for the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children 5

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