LU Human Rights Protection Reinforced

[wp-svg-icons icon="user" wrap="span"] By:  Audrey L. Mendoza |  [wp-svg-icons icon="camera" wrap="span"] By: Audrey L. Mendoza  |  [wp-svg-icons icon="calendar" wrap="span"] Date: July 30 - 31, 2018

The La Union Human Rights Action Team (LUHRAcT), in cooperation with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), conducted its first Capacity Building Activity on July 30, 2018 to July 31, 2018 at Hotel Ariana, Bauang, La Union
Said Capacity Building was attended by the different members and representatives of the LUHRAcT. Among the topics discussed include Human Rights and Good Local Governance, Human Rights and Good Local Governance in Times of Natural Disasters and Human Rights of Vulnerable Sectors.
During the Capacity Building, the La Union HRAcT came up with an Action Plan for the province in order to achieve the goal of cascading the same to the different Local Government Units and to the different barangays with the belief that human rights awareness is possible with the proper information and dissemination among the people of La Union.
The enactment of Provincial Ordinance No. 085-2016 or otherwise known as “An Act Establishing the Human Rights Action Center (HRAC) and in the Province of La Union and Providing Funds for the Operations Thereof,” on April 28, 2016 was followed by a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) entered into between the Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) represented by Gov. Francisco Emmanuel "Pacoy" R. Ortega III and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) represented by Atty. Harold D. Kub-Aron, Regional Director of Region I on July 31, 2017 .
The said Ordinance and MOA defined the roles and responsibilities of both the PGLU and CHR in building a culture of human rights within the Province of La Union, through the establishment of mechanisms for human rights promotion and protection. The La Union Human Rights Action Center (LUHRAC) is stationed at the Provincial Legal Office.

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