Republic of the Philippines COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Diliman, Quezon City HUMAN RIGHTS CENTERS MANAGEMENT OFFICE GEWHRCMEMORANDUM FOR : THE COMMISSION EN BANC THRU : 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 WOMEN AND LGBT CLUSTER DURING THE JOINT MONITORING MISSION DATED 1-5 JULY : 17 JULY 2017 2017 DATE 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 lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders and intersex persons (LGBTI). The CHR Team also covered the following monitoring themes: (1) Core Protection Services to include: camp management, registration, information dissemination, advocacy, peaceful existence, and protection monitoring; (2) Human Rights Assessment: food, water and sanitation, health, education, work, women and children, property, clothing; and last (3) Protection from Displacement. Joint Monitoring Mission During the five day mission the team conducted interviews, focus group discussions, art sessions with children in the following evacuation centers: ILIGAN CITY: Buruun School of Fisheries (Brgy. Buruun), Buruun Gymnasium EC (Brgy. Buruun),Maria Cristina Gymnasium (Brgy. Maria Cristina), Bayanihan Gymnasium (Brgy. Sta Elena);LANAO DEL NORTE, Landa Madrasah EC (Brgy. Landa, Municipality of Balo-i), Madrasah Campong EC (Brgy. Campong, Municipality of Pantar); LANAO DEL SUR: Covered Court (Brgy. Poblacion, Municipality of Saguiaran). In the conduct of the monitoring, the team was divided into four: IDP, Government 43