• Source: Philippine Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights

The Philippine Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.




Jurisdiction


According to the Rules of the Senate, the committee handles all matters relating to:

The organization and administration of justice, civil courts, penitentiaries and reformatory schools
Probation
Impeachment proceedings against constitutional officers and other officers legally removable by impeachment
Registration of land titles
Immigration and naturalization
The implementation of the provisions of the Constitution on human rights
The Department of Justice
The Bureau of Corrections
The National Bureau of Investigation
The Commission on Human Rights
The Land Registration Authority
The Bureau of Immigration
All matters pertaining to the efficiency and reforms in the prosecution service




Members, 19th Congress


Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Justice has 9 members.
The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members.
The committee chairperson also sits at the Judicial and Bar Council as an ex officio member from July 1 to December 31 of each calendar year, as part of an arrangement with the House of Representatives Committee on Justice.
Here are the members of the committee in the 19th Congress as of January 10, 2023:

Committee secretary: Atty. Andrè B. Mortel




See also


List of Philippine Senate committees




References

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• Philippine Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights
• List of Philippine Senate committees
• Senate of the Philippines
• Leila de Lima
• Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)
• Human rights in the Philippines
• Philippine drug war
• Chel Diokno
• 2025 Philippine Senate election
• Constitution of the Philippines