Philippine Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Committee on Justice
and Human Rights
Committee on Justice; and Human Rights
18th Congress
History
New session started	July 22, 2019
Leadership
Chairman	Richard Gordon (Independent) ; since 2019
Minority Leader	Francis Pangilinan (Liberal Party) ; since 2019
Structure
Seats	9 members
Political groups	Majority (7) PDP–Laban (3); Independents (2); LDP (1); NPC (1); Minority (2) Akbayan (1); Liberal (1);

The Philippine Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

Jurisdiction[]

According to the Rules of the Senate,^[1] the committee handles all matters relating to:

The organization and administration of justice, civil courts, penitentiaries and reformatory schools
Probation
Impeachment proceedings against constitutional officers and other officers legally removable by impeachment
Registration of land titles
Immigration and naturalization
The implementation of the provisions of the Constitution on human rights
All matters pertaining to the efficiency and reforms in the prosecution service

Members, 18th Congress[]

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Justice has 9 members.

The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members.

The committee chairperson also sits at the Judicial and Bar Council as an ex officio member from July 1 to December 31 of each calendar year, as part of an arrangement with the House of Representatives Committee on Justice.

Here are the members of the committee in the 18th Congress as of September 24, 2020:^[2]

Position	Member
Chairperson	Richard Gordon	Independent
Vice Chairperson	Panfilo Lacson	Independent
Members for the Majority	Manny Pacquiao	PDP–Laban
	Lito Lapid	NPC
	Sonny Angara	LDP
	Aquilino Pimentel III	PDP–Laban
	Ronald dela Rosa	PDP–Laban
Members for the Minority	Francis Pangilinan	Liberal
Members for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros	Akbayan Citizens' Action Party

Committee secretary: Jose Marcos Babia (acting)

References[]

^ "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

[1] "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

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Philippine Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights

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Jurisdiction[]

Members, 18th Congress[]

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