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1. COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT ON
RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN
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This is the fruit of the negotiations of the government and the rebels.

2.  The first substantive agreement signed by Negotiating Panels of the Government of the Philippines
in the Hagues, Netherlands
 This comprehensive agreement consists of seven (7) parts:
 The Preamble - introduces the Agreement and articulates the reasons for and the intention
parties.
 Declaration of Principles an
 Bases, Scope, and Applicability
 Respect for Human Rights Respect for International Humanitarian Law
 Joint Monitoring Committee
 Final provisions

3. Human rights are the basic rights inherent to all
human beings from birth until death.

4. PREAMBLE
We, peoples of the Philippines, give the highest value to the dignity and
fullness of life of the human person and share a common aspiration for human rights—even as
we speak different languages and dialects, profess different spiritual beliefs, and uphold different
ideologies.
Ours is a history of revolutionary struggle against all forms of oppression for
national freedom, justice, equality, and peace. The same struggle and aspirations
for freedom and respect for human rights have inspired our collective spirit to become a nation
proud of our heritage and diverse culture. Today, we rekindle the
same revolutionary spirit in our struggle against the negative effects of
globalization, debt burden, environmental destruction, social inequality , and poverty. These make
human and peoples’ rights our foremost concern.

5. PREAMBLE
We assert that human and peoples’ rights are our fundamental, inherent,
and inalienable rights to life, dignity, and development. We recognize that these rights are
universal, interdependent, and indivisible and are essential to fulfill and satisfy our civil, political,
economic, social, cultural, spiritual, and environmental needs. They are what make us human.
The growing democratization process and human rights consciousness as exemplified in the
active participation and assertion of civil society have served as tools in opposing all forms of human
rights violations and all forces that block our development as individuals and as a nation.
Therefore, we hereby proclaim by this declaration, the basic standards for the protection,
promotion, respect, and fulfillment of human and peoples’ rights by the State.

6. INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETY, AND THE STATE
1. We have the natural right to life and liberty and are equal in dignity.
2. The State has the duty to safeguard and assure the dignity of its peoples as
individuals and as members of communities and ensure their capacity for self-development.
3. The State has the obligation to provide the highest standard of living for its
citizens by eradicating social, economic, political, cultural, and ethnic and gender inequalities.
4. The diversity and plurality of the Philippines must be safeguarded through
respect and tolerance.

7. CIVIL RIGHTS
5. We have the right to life, liberty, security and property. We have the right to a transparent, credible, competent and
impartial justice system, free from influence and corruption, where wrongs are redressed and justice is dispensed fairly,
speedily and equitably.
6. We have a right to the security and privacy of our persons and our homes.
7. The requirements of due process of law shall be observed before, during and after trial.
8. Detainees and prisoners have the right to humane conditions of detention with
adequate food, space and ventilation, rest and recreation, sanitary and health services, and skills training.
9. No person shall be subjected to arrests, searches, seizures and detention without due process of law.
10. We have the right against involuntary disappearances.

8. POLITICAL RIGHTS
11. We have the right to live in a democracy and are entitled to enjoy its benefits.
12. Public office is a public trust.
13. We have the right to determine, participate, intervene and take action in all
matters that directly and indirectly affect our welfare.
14. The State shall provide equal access to opportunities for public service to all competent and
qualified citizens.
15. Sovereignty resides in the people.

9. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
16. We have the right to enjoy the highest standard of health.
17. We have the right to a free, accessible, relevant, nationalistic, quality, gender
and culturally sensitive education, responsive to our needs, which advances the culture of human rights.
18. The State must establish a responsive social welfare system that contributes to the continuous improvement of its
people and their lives.
19. Children and youth have rights to special care, education, health, and protection against all forms of abuse,
discrimination, exploitation, corruption, and conditions affecting their moral development.
20. Women are partners of men in nation building.

10. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
21. Men and women have reproductive rights.
22. The indigenous and Moro peoples have the right to equality with all other peoples and
against all forms of discrimination.
23. The State shall accord special protection to persons with disabilities.
24. Older persons shall be given preferential treatment by the State.

11. ECONOMIC RIGHTS
25. We have the right to a nationalistic and independent economic policy protected from foreign domination
and intrusion. We have the right to a self-reliant economy
based on national industrialization. We have the right to resist all forms of
oppressive and unreasonable trade liberalization, to oppose a subservient debt
management strategy, and to repudiate all foreign debts that do not benefit the people.
26. We have the right to equal access to employment opportunities and professional advancement.
27. Land, as a limited resource, bears a social function.
28. Fisher folk have the right of access to fishing grounds, to protection from
foreign incursions and local large- scale/commercial fishing business, to genuine
aquatic reforms and to the preservation and protection of communal fishing grounds.

12. ECONOMIC RIGHTS
29. We have the preferential right to the judicious cultivation, utilization, and preservation of
our natural resources which will ensure an ecological balance that can support and sustain the total
physical and economic well-being of every person, family and community.
30. The marginalized and vulnerable sectors shall have preferential access/control to credit and
micro-finance, and the right to skills and livelihood training, which shall contribute to the constant
improvement of their lives.