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have been brought before the Commission on Human Rights of thePhilippines (CHR) for investigation, and even these have not been dulyfollowed up.Among the reasons why PLHIV whose rights were violated have not soughtlegal redress include: 1) their (PLHIV’s) lack of understanding on whatconstitutes human rights violations, i.e., whether or not they have beensubjected to violations, and the exact forms of these violations; 2) theirlack of knowledge on available redress mechanisms; 3) their unwillingnessto come out and be identified in public in the course of seeking redress;and 4) the prohibitive cost of legal actions, including payment for theservices of lawyers.SITUATION REGARDING PLHIV WHOSE RIGHTS WERE INTRODUCTION VIOLATED 19