IBON Foundation statement for meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change, Mr. Ian Fry

November 7, 2023

There is an underlying resistance by the Marcos Jr administration to the fundamental changes in strategy and approach required to genuinely address the triple crisis faced by the Filipino people – environmental distress, chronic poverty and inequality, and economic underdevelopment.

Rights defenders urge the United Nations (UN) anew to investigate human rights violations amid worsening economic crisis

July 1, 2023

Delegation members of the Philippine Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Watch network are in Geneva to report continuing rights abuses and lack of accountability amid a worsening economic crisis under the first year of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s presidency.

A continuing quest for freedom

June 12, 2023

Our foreign policy is for the security and development of the people, most of all. It should uphold peace over militarism, sovereignty over aggression, and development over empire.

EDSA@37: Passing the Test, Defending the Lessons

February 24, 2023

[NETWORKS] This year’s commemoration of the EDSA People Power Revolution is a test of many things, most important of which is how the Filipino people would cherish and defend historical facts and lessons.

IBON on the acquittal of Rappler and Maria Ressa

January 18, 2023

Marcos Jr administration doesn’t uphold the economic rights of Filipinos

December 10, 2022

The Marcos Jr administration entered its sixth month in office failing in its responsibility to uphold economic, social an cultural rights

Celebrating Bonifacio Day by advocating for social transformation

November 30, 2022

We celebrate Bonifacio’s life by emulating what he has done for the country. As teachers, it is our task to teach what heroes like Bonifacio have contributed for the country.

Gov’t fails to convince int’l community of improved human rights situation in PH

November 15, 2022

At the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review, many countries expressed concerns about ongoing human rights violations in the country and the Philippine government’s inadequate responses to recommendations made in the last cycle in 2017.

IBON on the inefficiency of WHO’s COVAX mechanism

May 26, 2022