CHR calls for rights-based disaster response for vulnerable groups

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is urging government agencies and private organizations involved in humanitarian efforts to provide timely and well-considered disaster response specifically for vulnerable groups like persons with disabilities, children, the elderly, and the socio-economically disadvantaged following the recent earthquake in Cebu and surrounding provinces.

The CHR expressed its support for all relief and rehabilitation initiatives aimed at assisting these vulnerable sectors.

The commission emphasized the need for disaster relief to be culturally sensitive and guided by a human rights lens.

This call is in line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, which affirms the rights of people displaced by natural disasters to protection, assistance, and durable solutions that uphold their dignity and human rights.