The Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission is a government agency on

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with jurisdiction over the

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Bangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM; ; ), is an Autonomous regions of the Philippines, autonomous region in the Philippines, located in the southwestern portion of the island of Mindanao. Replacin ...

(BARMM) in the

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History

The predecessor of the

(BARMM), the

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (; ''Al-ḥukm adh-dhātī al-'iqlīmī li-muslimī Mindanāu''; ARMM) was an Autonomous regions of the Philippines, autonomous region of the Philippines, located in the Mindanao Island groups of the P ...

had a local human rights body which was known as the Regional Human Rights Commission (RHRC). The RHRC was created through Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act (MMAA) No. 288. When the charter for a

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region was being drafted. One of the many contentious provisions was the establishment of a regional equivalent of the national

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(CHR). The provision was eventually included in the regional charter, the

Bangsamoro Organic Law The Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL; ), also known as the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), and officially designated as Republic Act No. 11054, is a Philippine law that provided for the establishment of the Bangsamoro, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Mu ...

(BOL). Following the establishment of the BARMM in 2019, the RHRC would have to be made defunct as part of the transition process causing concern that there would be no other organization that would fulfill the RHRC's role if the Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) as mandated by the BOL. The Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) was institutionalized by virtue of Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 4 which was passed by the

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on December 20, 2019 and was signed into law by Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim on January 14, 2020.

References

{{reflist 2020 establishments in the Philippines Human rights organizations based in the Philippines Government agencies established in 2020 Government of Bangsamoro