LANDMARK BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS - ANTI-EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING ACT OF 2016
AN ACT DEFINING EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING, PROVIDING FOR ITS PENALTY AND OTHER PURPOSES
HOUSING - INQUIRY ON THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF RESETTLED FAMILIES IN SOUTHVILLE AND NORTHVILLE RELOCATION SITES
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON URBAN PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF, AND THREAT OF EVICTION AGAINST, RESETTLED FAMILIES IN NORTHVILLE AND SOUTHVILLE RELOCATION SITES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CRAFTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS THAT AIM TO SECURE, FULFILL AND PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY THEIR RIGHT TO HOUSING AND OTHER ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS.
"“I keep myself busy while regularly working on filing bills and resolutions because I don’t want my mind to be idle and be lured into bitterness or depression.”
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-Sen. Leila M. de Lima
HEALTHCARE - Senate Resolution No. 716
Senate resolution seeking to promote the social and economic well-being of Public Health Workers (PHW) by ensuring that they are properly compensated.
ENVIRONMENT - ANTI-BLACK SAND MINING ACT
AN ACT PROHIBITING BLACK SAND MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
DIVERSITY - AN ACT PROHIBITING BLACK SAND MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE VARIOUS ISSUES OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OR INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES WITH THE END VIEW OF CRAFTING NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371, OR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ACT OF 1997, TO STRENGTHEN THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OR INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
EDUCATION - HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION ACT OF 2017
AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING HUMAN RIGHTS AS A SEPARATE AND SPECIALIZED SUBJECT IN BOTH BASIC AND HIGHER EDUCATION