Philippine Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Senate of the Philippines 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	Kiko Pangilinan, (Liberal) since September 10, 2025 (2025-09-10)

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
• The Department of Justice
• The Bureau of Corrections
• The National Bureau of Investigation
• The Commission on Human Rights
• The Land Registration Authority
• The Bureau of Immigration
• All matters pertaining to the efficiency and reforms in the prosecution service

Members, 20th Congress

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

Position	Member [2]	Party
Chairperson	Kiko Pangilinan		Liberal
Vice Chairperson	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista
Members for the Majority
	JV Ejercito		NPC
	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan
	Bam Aquino		KANP
	Erwin Tulfo		Lakas
Member for the Minority	Joel Villanueva		Independent

Ex officio members:

• Senate President pro tempore Ping Lacson
• Majority Floor Leader Migz Zubiri
• Minority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano

Committee secretary:Vacant

Historical membership rosters

19th Congress

Position	Member [3]	Party
Chairperson	Koko Pimentel		Nacionalista
Vice Chairperson	Raffy Tulfo		Independent
Members for the Majority
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP
	Robin Padilla		PDP
	JV Ejercito		NPC
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista
	Bong Go		PDP
	Loren Legarda		NPC
Members for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan

Committee secretary: Atty. Andrè B. Mortel

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References

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 - 20th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "Senate Permanent Committees - 19th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved January 29, 2025.