Lumad Women of the Talaingod 13 Speak at Adamson University
To Dream of Education Is Not a Crime: Lumad Women of the Talaingod 13 Speak at Adamson Philippines — To teach, to care, to defend children’s right to learn—these should never…
Community members receive and learn how to use water filtration systems—bringing clean water closer to home.
Clean Water, Closer to Home: Supporting Lumad Communities in Bukidnon
Clean Water, Closer to Home: Supporting Lumad Communities in Bukidnon In the upland communities of Bukidnon, water is something people carry home. At first light, families set out with containers…
WORLD WATER DAY 2026 STATEMENT
MCJ: Our Water, Our Life—Defend It from Corporate Control On World Water Day, we affirm what our communities have always known: water is life. It is not a commodity for profit,…
International Day of Forests 2026
Statement of Mindanao Climate Justice (MCJ) International Day of Forests — 21 March 2026 Defend Mindanao’s Forests: Not a Frontier for Extraction Across Mindanao, communities are already experiencing the loss…
(A young resident of Marawi during a community mobilization. For many youth, adolescence has unfolded amid displacement and prolonged reconstruction.)
Peace in Limbo, Justice Deferred: The Unfinished Promise of the Bangsamoro Peace Process
Peace in Limbo, Justice DeferredThe Unfinished Promise of the Bangsamoro Peace Process Statement of Mindanao Climate Justice (MCJ) Bangsamoro Freedom Day / Day of Shuhada — 18 March 2026 Across…
Communities along the Pulangi River in Bukidnon stand in defense of their ancestral lands and watersheds. Rivers like Pulangi and Lake Lanao sustain livelihoods, ecosystems, and downstream communities across Mindanao.
Photo: Pau Villanueva
International Day of Action for Rivers
Defend Pulangi and Lake Lanao: Stop Dams and Privatization Statement of Mindanao Climate Justice (MCJ)International Day of Action for Rivers — 14 March 2026 Across Mindanao, many communities are…
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims during the Angelus prayer at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, urging world leaders to halt the bombing and return to diplomacy, photo by Vatican Media/Reuters.
Middle East Aggression, Rising Oil Prices, and the Climate Crisis: Why Mindanao Cannot Look Away
“Trump and Netanyahu have together waged a ‘war’ that was not technically a war. It was a plain crime of aggression against a sovereign nation by two of the…
Communities have watched as waters turn red from mining waste contamination, illustrating how extractive operations can introduce long-term toxic risks into river systems and downstream ecosystems. Photo: Mary Grace Varela / Alamy.
Thirty-One Years of the Mining Act
Land, Sovereignty, and the Extractive Order in Mindanao Thirty-one years after the passage of Republic Act 7942 — the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 — its consequences are not…
(Atty. Raymond Marvic C. Baguilat of UP IHR speaks during the forum alongside Lumad youth leader Angelika Laguisan Moral, who shared testimony on the 2018 evacuation from Talaingod.)
UP IHR Reexamines Talaingod 13 Case in Light of CHR Haran Report
Quezon City — February 27, 2026 — Following the conviction of thirteen educators in the Talaingod 13 case, the University of the Philippines Law Center – Institute of Human Rights…