FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES First Regular Session ) ) ) '11 MAY 11 P1 :53 SENATE S.No~ 28]4 R f,' Cli')l' k ! ';n~_ Prepared by the C011lmittees on Cultural C011lmunities and Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development with Senators Trillanes IV, Villar, Legarda and Pangilinan as authors AN ACT PROHIBITING ETHNIC, RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS PROFILING AS WELL AS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF ETHNIC OR RACIAL ORIGIN AND/OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION OR BELIEF Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress Assembled: SECTION 1. Short Title. - This act shall be known as the "Anti-Ethnic 01' 1 2 Racial Profiling and Discrimination Act of 2011" . SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared as the policy of the State 3 4 to: 5 a) 6 7 Maintain peace and order, protect life, liberty and property, and promote the general welfare for the enjoyment by all people the blessings of democracy; b) Promote a just and dynamic social O1'der that will ensure the prosperity and 8 independence of the nation and free the people from poverty through policies 9 that provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising 10 standard of living and an improved quality of life for all regardless of race, 11 ethnicily, religion or colOI'; 12 13 c) Recognize and promote the rights of indigenous cultural communities within the framew01'k of national unity and development; 1