Karapatan
Karapatan Alliance Philippines (commonly shortened to Karapatan, which translates to rights in Filipino) is a left-wing non-governmental organization and human rights alliance that conducts research and advocacy of human rights campaigns as well as monitoring and documentation of human rights violations in the Philippines, particularly in the context of the Philippine government's campaign against the communist insurgency in the country and the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
Karapatan Alliance Philippines | |
| Formation | 19 August 1995 |
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| Type | Human rights non-government organization |
| Purpose | Human rights activism |
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| Fields | Human rights education and training, campaign and advocacy, legal services, human rights violations documentation and research, lobbying |
Membership | 16 regional chapters and more than 40 member civil society organizations |
Secretary General | Cristina Palabay |
Chairperson | Elisa Tita Lubi |
| Website | www |
Karapatan draws attention to human rights abuses in the Philippines through education campaigns and trainings, providing legal services to victims of human rights violations, and lobbying efforts in the country as well as engaging platforms such as the United Nations and other international human rights bodies.
Karapatan is a member of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the SOS - Torture Network of the World Organisation Against Torture, and it also co-convenes the Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines and the Philippine Universal Periodic Review Watch.