generation, but also for those to come – generations which stand to inherit nothing but parched earth incapable of sustaining life.16 This Petition is therefore within the scope of the Commission’s jurisdiction under Rule 2 of the Omnibus Rules of Procedure of the CHR, to wit: Rule 2. Scope of CHR jurisdiction Section 1. Pursuant to Sections 17 to 19, Article XIII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, in relation to Executive Order No. 163, dated 5 May 1987, and relevant international human rights instruments, the Commission on Human Rights shall take cognizance of and investigate, on its own or on complaint by any party, all forms of human rights violations and abuses involving civil and political rights, to include but not limited to the following: a) b) c) d) e) right to life; right to liberty; right to security; right to respect for one’s dignity; freedom from slavery and involuntary servitude; f) freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment; g) right to protection from enforced disappearance; h) freedom from arbitrary interference with one’s privacy, family, home, or correspondence; !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 16 Oposa v. Factoran, Jr., G.R. No. 101083, July 30, 1993, 224 SCRA 792. ! ! ! ! ! 9 !