Philippine House Committee on Human Rights

Committee on Human Rights
Committee on Human Rights
	18th Congress
History
New session started	July 22, 2019
Leadership
Chairman	Jesus Manuel Suntay (PDP–Laban) ; since 2019
Minority Leader	Lawrence Lemuel Fortun (Nacionalista) ; since 2019
Structure
Seats	20 members
Political groups	Majority (17) PDP–Laban (9); Liberal (2); NUP (2); Party-lists (2); NPC (1); PPP (1); Minority (3) Party-lists (2); Nacionalista (1);
Website
	Committee on Human Rights

The Philippine House Committee on Human Rights, or House Human Rights Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction includes the following:[1]

Assistance to victims of human rights violations and their families
Prevention of human rights violations
Protection and enhancement of human rights
Punishment of perpetrators of human rights violations

Members, 18th Congress

Position		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson	Jesus Manuel Suntay	PDP–Laban	Quezon City	4th
Vice Chairpersons	Ron Salo	KABAYAN	Party-list
Vice Chairpersons	Anthony Peter Crisologo	NUP	Quezon City	1st
Members for the Majority	Edcel Lagman	Liberal	Albay	1st
	Cheryl Deloso-Montalla	Liberal	Zambales	2nd
	Henry Villarica	PDP–Laban	Bulacan	4th
	Josefina Tallado	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	1st
	Marisol Panotes	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	2nd
	Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	PPP	Palawan	2nd
	Ma. Fe Abunda	PDP–Laban	Eastern Samar	Lone
	Ma. Angelica Amante-Matba	PDP–Laban	Agusan del Norte	2nd
	Leonardo Babasa Jr.	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga del Sur	2nd
	Jose Francisco Benitez	PDP–Laban	Negros Occidental	3rd
	Cesar Jimenez Jr.	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga City	1st
	Luisa Lloren Cuaresma	NUP	Nueva Vizcaya	Lone
	Amihilda Sangcopan	Anak Mindanao	Party-list
	Angelina Tan	NPC	Quezon	4th
Members for the Minority	Lawrence Lemuel Fortun	Nacionalista	Agusan del Norte	1st
	Argel Joseph Cabatbat	MAGSASAKA	Party-list
	Sarah Jane Elago	Kabataan	Party-list

Historical members

Member for the Majority

Bernardita Ramos[lower-alpha 1] (Sorsogon–2nd, NPC)

Notes

Died on September 8, 2020.

References

"RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. pp. 28–29. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"HOUSE COMMITTEES - HUMAN RIGHTS". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

External links

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[3] Died on September 8, 2020.

[1] "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. pp. 28–29. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] "HOUSE COMMITTEES - HUMAN RIGHTS". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

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