Appendix E: CHR-CRC Memo Report of the Children Cluster During the Joint Monitoring Mission Dated 1-5 July 2017 Republic of the Philippines COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Diliman, Quezon City HUMAN RIGHTS CENTERS MANAGEMENT OFFICE CRC- MEMORANDUM FOR : THRU THE COMMISSION EN BANC : LEAH TANODRA ARMAMENTO Focal Commissioner, IDP and Children EUGENIO T. CADIZ Co- Focal Commissioner, IDP KAREN GOMEZ-DUMPIT Focal Commissioner, Women and LGBTI DR. RENANTE A. BASAS Director, HRCMO SUBJECT : REPORT OF THE CHILDREN CLUSTER DURING THE JOINT MONITORING MISSION DATED 1-5 JULY 2017 DATE : 27 JULY 2017 Background: The Commission on Human Rights as a National Human Rights Institution and as the Gender Ombud under the Magna Carta of Women undertook a Joint Monitoring Mission Titled Human Rights Monitoring of Internally Displaced Persons: Locating the Experiences of Internally Displaced women, children and LGBTI. The Joint Monitoring Mission ran from 1 to 5 July 2017 with the CHR Joint Monitoring team composed of officers from CHR Central Office, CHR-X and CHR-XII. The Joint Monitoring Mission was duly coordinated with the Regional Human Rights Commission of the ARMM and the National Emergency Operation Center in Iligan City. The Mission covered evacuation centers in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, and Lanao del Sur and aimed to monitor the situation and conditions of Internally Displaced Persons and specifically locating the experiences of displaced women, children, and 64