Next CSE-PPT: 14 March 2027 · Professional & Subprofessional
Civil Service Exam reviewer on peace and human rights: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Commission on Human Rights, Philippine human rights laws, writs of amparo and habeas data, and the Bangsamoro peace process.
Peace and Human Rights Issues and Concepts is one of the four General Information areas of the Civil Service Exam. This set covers the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Commission on Human Rights under the 1987 Constitution, Philippine laws on the rights of arrested persons, torture, enforced disappearance, women and children, international humanitarian law, the writs of amparo and habeas data, and the Bangsamoro peace process.
Many questions give a law's number or year and ask what it protects. Learn the laws in pairs of number and subject, such as RA 9745 and torture or RA 9262 and violence against women and children, and the explanations will help you remember why each was passed.
Correct answer: B. 1948
The UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris on 10 December 1948. The date is observed every year as Human Rights Day.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Article XIII, Section 17 of the 1987 Constitution
Article XIII, Section 17 of the 1987 Constitution created the Commission on Human Rights as an independent office composed of a Chairman and four Members, a majority of whom must be lawyers.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Persons arrested, detained or under custodial investigation
RA 7438 spells out the rights of persons arrested, detained or under custodial investigation, including the right to be informed of the right to remain silent and to have competent and independent counsel, preferably of their own choice.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. 9745
RA 9745, the Anti-Torture Act of 2009, penalises torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. It provides that no exceptional circumstance, such as a state of war or emergency, can justify torture.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Violence against women and their children
RA 9262, the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, penalises physical, sexual, psychological and economic abuse of women and their children and provides for protection orders.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. RA 7610
RA 7610 (1992), the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, sets stronger penalties for child abuse. RA 9003, 8749 and 9275 are environmental laws.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Enforced or involuntary disappearance
RA 10353, the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012, makes enforced disappearance a separate crime with heavy penalties and provides that no order of a superior can justify it, even in times of war or emergency.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Life, liberty and security is violated or threatened
The writ of amparo is available to any person whose right to life, liberty and security is violated or threatened by an unlawful act or omission of a public official or employee, or of a private individual or entity. It was created especially to address extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Privacy in relation to information gathered about a person
The writ of habeas data is available to a person whose right to privacy in life, liberty or security is violated or threatened by the unlawful gathering, collecting or storing of data or information about that person.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. International humanitarian law
International humanitarian law, based mainly on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, protects civilians, the wounded and prisoners of war. The Philippines made serious violations crimes under RA 9851 of 2009.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Crimes against international humanitarian law, genocide and other crimes against humanity
RA 9851, the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity, allows such crimes to be prosecuted in Philippine courts.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. The Marcos regime from 1972 to 1986
RA 10368, the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, recognises the victims of human rights violations during the Marcos regime, covering the period from 21 September 1972 to 25 February 1986, and provides for their reparation.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Republic Act No. 9346
RA 9346 of 2006 prohibited the imposition of the death penalty. The 1987 Constitution had earlier provided that the death penalty shall not be imposed unless Congress provides for it for heinous crimes.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Bangsamoro Organic Law
RA 11054 of 2018, the Bangsamoro Organic Law, created the BARMM in place of the ARMM after ratification in a plebiscite in 2019. It put into law the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro signed by the government and the MILF in 2014.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Moro Islamic Liberation Front
The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, signed in March 2014, concluded peace negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and led to the Bangsamoro Organic Law.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. 21 September
The UN observes the International Day of Peace on 21 September, a day dedicated to strengthening the ideals of peace and to a global ceasefire. 24 October is United Nations Day and 10 December is Human Rights Day.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. First-generation rights
Human rights are often grouped into generations: civil and political rights (first generation), economic, social and cultural rights such as education and health (second generation), and collective rights such as peace and a healthy environment (third generation).
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. RA 8371
RA 8371, the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997, recognises the rights of indigenous peoples to their ancestral domains, self-governance and cultural integrity, and created the NCIP.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. 9710
RA 9710, the Magna Carta of Women of 2009, defines and prohibits discrimination against women and requires government agencies to promote gender equality. RA 11313 is the Safe Spaces Act against gender-based sexual harassment.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Safe Spaces Act
RA 11313, the Safe Spaces Act of 2019, also known as the Bawal Bastos law, extends protection against gender-based sexual harassment to public spaces, online spaces, workplaces and schools.
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