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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
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SENATE
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Introduced by Senator FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO
AN ACT
PROHIBITING STEREOTYPING BASED
ON RELIGIOUS OR ETHNIC ORIGIN
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Republic of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1.
Shol:t Title. This Act shall be known and cited as the "Anti· Religious
and Ethnic Stereotyping Act."
SEC. 2.
Declaration ofPolicy. It is the policy of the State, as enshrined in the
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Constitution, and as patt of its obligations as State-Party to various International Human Rights
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Covenants, particularly the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International CoVenatlt on
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Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
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to uphold human dignity and the equality of all persons, regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity
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or religion. As such, the State shall not allow the commission of acts which directly or indirectly
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derogate these fundamental Human Rights. More particularly, the State denounces and renounces
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all forms of discrimination based on the stereotyping or profiling of a person or class of persons
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based upon ethnicity or religion.
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SEC. 3.
Definitions.
For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall have the
following meatlings:
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Stereotype. -a stereotype shall refer to a thought adopted about specific kinds of
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religions or ethnicities, or persons who practice a specific religion or who belong to a specific
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ethnic background, specifically with reference to their beliefs and ways of doing things, which are
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based upon oversimplified opinions or intolerant attitudes, regardless of whether such thoughts or
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beliefs accurately reflect reality.
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b)
Stereotyping. -refers to any act
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combination of acts which shall result in
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the singling out or profiling of a person or class of persons based on a Stereotype as defined in the
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immediately preceding section, which results in a derogatory attitude towards or any derogatory
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treatment against such person or class of persons.
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