Philippine Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights

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Committee on Justice
and Human Rights
19th Congress
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History
New session started
July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25)
Leadership
Chairman
Minority Leader
Koko Pimentel (PDP-Laban)
since 2022
Structure
Seats9 members
Political groups
Majority (8)
  •   PDP–Laban (4)
  •   NPC (2)
  •   Nacionalista (1)
  •   LDP (1)

Minority (1)

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

Contents

Jurisdiction

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

Members, 19th 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 19th Congress as of January 10, 2023: [2]

PositionMemberParty
Chairperson Francis Tolentino PDP–Laban
Vice Chairperson Sonny Angara LDP
Members
for the
Majority
Ronald dela Rosa PDP–Laban
Robin Padilla PDP–Laban
JV Ejercito NPC
Mark Villar Nacionalista
Bong Go PDP–Laban
Francis Escudero NPC
Members
for the
Minority
Risa Hontiveros Akbayan

Committee secretary: Atty. Andrè B. Mortel

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References

  1. "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. "Senate Permanent Committees - 19th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.