The House Committee on Human Rights has approved a bill providing safeguards to human rights workers.
House Assistant Minority Leader Arlene Brosas, one of the authors of the measure, said the House Bill 77 or the proposed Human Rights Defenders Act is in line with the Philippines' position as a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Philippine ratification of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
not disclose or require disclosure of the identity of sources used by human rights defenders unless both the relevant source and the concerned human rights defender give informed consent in writing to such disclosure or if so required by an independent and impartial tribunal in accordance with international standards.
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