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RESOLUTION NO. 01-0940
ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINARY RULES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES
WHEREAS, Section 11, Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that the State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights.
WHEREAS, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference on
Human Rights (June 1993) and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of the Fourth
World Conference on Women (September 1995) reaffirm the equal rights and inherent human dignity of women and men, and particularly the human rights of women as an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
WHEREAS, the Philippines, with other States of the World, has reaffirmed, through the Vienna
Declaration and Programme of Action and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, its solemn commitment to fulfill its obligations to promote universal respect for, and observance and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all in accordance with the
Charter of the United Nations, other instruments relating to human rights, and international law;
WHEREAS, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action stresses that all forms of sexual harassment are incomparable with the dignity and worth of the human person and must be eliminated by legal measures and through national action, while the Beijing Platform for Action specifically mandates Governments to “enact and/or reinforce penal, civil, labour and administrative sanctions in domestic legislation to punish and redress” violence against women including sexual harassment and “develop programmes and procedures to eliminate sexual harassment and other forms of violence against women in all educational institutions, workplaces and elsewhere;”
WHEREAS, the Philippine Congress enacted on February 14, 1995, Republic Act No. 7877, otherwise known as the “Anti-Sexual
ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINARY RULES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES
WHEREAS, Section 11, Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that the State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights.
WHEREAS, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference on
Human Rights (June 1993) and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of the Fourth
World Conference on Women (September 1995) reaffirm the equal rights and inherent human dignity of women and men, and particularly the human rights of women as an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
WHEREAS, the Philippines, with other States of the World, has reaffirmed, through the Vienna
Declaration and Programme of Action and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, its solemn commitment to fulfill its obligations to promote universal respect for, and observance and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all in accordance with the
Charter of the United Nations, other instruments relating to human rights, and international law;
WHEREAS, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action stresses that all forms of sexual harassment are incomparable with the dignity and worth of the human person and must be eliminated by legal measures and through national action, while the Beijing Platform for Action specifically mandates Governments to “enact and/or reinforce penal, civil, labour and administrative sanctions in domestic legislation to punish and redress” violence against women including sexual harassment and “develop programmes and procedures to eliminate sexual harassment and other forms of violence against women in all educational institutions, workplaces and elsewhere;”
WHEREAS, the Philippine Congress enacted on February 14, 1995, Republic Act No. 7877, otherwise known as the “Anti-Sexual