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Philippine Bill of Rights Overview

The document summarizes the Bill of Rights section of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It outlines 22 sections that enumerate and protect various individual rights and privileges against violation by the government or other entities. These include the rights to life, security, privacy of communication, speech, religion, travel, access to information, due process of law, speedy trial, protection from self-incrimination, prohibiting detention based on political beliefs, and prohibiting ex-post facto laws and bills of attainder.

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Philippine Bill of Rights Overview

The document summarizes the Bill of Rights section of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It outlines 22 sections that enumerate and protect various individual rights and privileges against violation by the government or other entities. These include the rights to life, security, privacy of communication, speech, religion, travel, access to information, due process of law, speedy trial, protection from self-incrimination, prohibiting detention based on political beliefs, and prohibiting ex-post facto laws and bills of attainder.

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THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF

THE REPUBLIC OF THE


PHILIPPINES – ARTICLE III

BILL OF
RIGHTS
What is the Bill of Rights?

It is a declaration and enumeration of a


person’s rights and privileges which the
Constitution is designed to protect
against violation by the government, or by
individuals or groups of individuals.
SECTION 1: RIGHT TO
LIFE
SECTION 2: THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE
TO BE SECURE
SECTION 3:THE PRIVACY OF
COMMUNICATION AND
CORRESPONDENCE
SECTION 4: FREEDOM OF
SPEECH
SECTION 5: RELIGION AND
BELIEF
SECTION 6: RIGHT TO
TRAVEL
SECTION 7: RIGHT TO ACCESS
INFORMATION
SECTION 8
SECTION 9
SECTION 10
SECTION 11
SECTION 12: THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
SILENT
(2) No torture, force, violence, threat, intimidation, or
any other means which vitiate the free will shall be
used against him. Secret detention places, solitary,
incommunicado, or other similar forms of detention
are prohibited.
(3) Any confession or admission obtained in violation
of this or Section 17 hereof shall be inadmissible in
evidence against him
Section 13.
SECTION 14: DUE PROCESS
OF LAW
WHAT IS DUE
PROCESS?
SECTION 15
SECTION 16

All persons shall have the right to a


speedy disposition of their cases
before all judicial, quasi-judicial, or
administrative bodies.
SECTION 17

No person shall be
compelled to be a
witness against himself.
SECTION 18
(1)No person shall be detained solely by reason
of his political beliefs and aspirations.
(2)No involuntary servitude in any form shall
exist except as a punishment for a crime
whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted.
SECTION 19
SECTION 20
SECTION 21
SECTION 22
What is Ex-Post Facto Law
?
Bill of Attainder

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