Family
A child is not allowed to go to school because parents force them to work at home.
Article 26 – Right to education.
A school refuses to let a student join a club because of their religion.
Article 2 – Freedom from discrimination.
Families in relocation sites lack access to water and sanitation.
Article 25 – Right to adequate living standard and health.
Journalists are threatened for exposing government wrongdoing.
Article 19 – Freedom of expression and press.
Refugees escaping war are denied entry despite danger in their homeland.
Article 14 – Right to asylum.
A teenager is not given medical care at home even if they are sick and parents can afford it.
Article 25 – Right to health and well-being.
Students are punished for posting peaceful criticism of school rules online.
Article 19 – Freedom of expression.
A Lumad (indigenous) student is bullied and unfairly graded because of ethnicity.
Article 2 – Freedom from discrimination.
Some Filipino workers are forced to work long hours without overtime pay or rest days.
Article 24 – Right to rest and leisure.
Migrant workers are abused abroad; passports confiscated by employers.
Article 23 – Right to fair work conditions.
A sibling with disability is treated as a burden and is denied proper education and support at home.
Article 26 + Article 25 (2) – Right to education + special care for children.
A student is forced to join a religious ceremony even if they do not believe in it.
Article 18 – Freedom of religion.
Street vendors downtown (Divisoria, Cogon) are removed without any assistance for their livelihood.
Article 23 – Right to work and livelihood protection.
Indigenous groups lose ancestral lands due to large government projects without consent.
Article 17 – Right to own property and not be deprived of it.
A government bans a religion and jails anyone practicing it.
Article 18 – Freedom of religion and belief.
A child is forced into marriage by family decisions and community pressure.
Article 16 – Right to marriage with full and free consent.
A working student is required to do long unpaid labor at school despite long working hours.
Article 24 – Right to rest and leisure.
Children working in the streets instead of studying are ignored by authorities.
Article 26 + Article 25 (2) – Right to education + special care for children.
A person stays in jail for years without trial due to slow court process.
Article 10 & 11 – Right to fair hearing + presumption of innocence.
Women in some countries are prohibited from going to school.
Article 26 – Right to education.
A family member is physically abused by relatives, and they are told to keep quiet “to protect the family’s reputation.”
Article 5 – Freedom from torture, cruel or degrading treatment.
A student with hearing impairment is not given any learning support, making it impossible to finish school.
Article 26 – Right to education (equal access).
Polluted waste from factories near the coast damages livelihood of fisherfolk families.
Article 25 – Right to health & living conditions.
Activists are “red-tagged” and arrested for joining peaceful rallies.
Article 20 – Freedom of peaceful assembly/association.
A dictator changes the law to rule forever and jails anyone who opposes.
Article 21 – Right to participate in government + free elections.