FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES First Regular Session ) ) ) '11 SENATE S.No. 28] MAY 11 4 UFpOp',·,'f' :n~_ Prepared by the C011lmittees on Cultural Communities and Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development with Senators Tril1al1es 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 eHacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress Assembled: SECTION 1. Short Title. - 111is act shall be known as the" Anti-Etlmic 1 2 SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared as the policy of the State 4 to: 5 a) 6 7 01' Racial Profiling and Discrimination Act of 2011". 3 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 order 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 color; 12 13 c) Recognize and promote the rights of indigenous cultural communities within the framework of national unity and development; 1 P1 :53