Philippines - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women - Death Penalty - June 2022
Document: Final_Philippines CEDAW LOI death penalty.pdf (PDF 443.2 KB)
Country: Philippines
Type: Intl Mechanism Submission
Issues: Death Penalty, Women's Rights
Mechanism: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Report Type: List of Issues
. The Government of the Philippines has taken commendable steps toward protecting and
promoting the rights of women overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), but those workers remain
vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, and when they come into conflict with the law in their
host countries, their vulnerabilities are compounded by linguistic and legal barriers, as well as
judicial systems which fail to account for the gendered context in which they allegedly
committed criminal acts. The Government of the Philippines should do more to ensure
protection of the rights of these women OFWs, particularly when they are at risk of being
sentenced to death.
