'We want to give more if we are able to but we lack the funds for that,' Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Richard Palpal-latoc says as CHR is set to receive only P3.8 million for financial assistance in 2024
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights is seeking additional funds to better provide financial assistance to victims of rights violations in the country, including families of those killed under former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs.
At least P3.8 million is set to be appropriated for financial assistance to victims of human rights violations. The proposed 2024 budget for this specific program is at least P10 million lower than 2023’s P13.7 million. “It is a very meager amount considering the nature of why it is given [and] a P10,000 for a violation of human rights is insulting to a victim,” Palpal-latoc told the House appropriations panel.For 2022, CHR was able to provide P16 million in financial assistance to at least 805 victims. As of first semester of 2023, at least P3.36 million were given to 232 victims.
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