* ARTICLE XVI Sec. 6. – The State shall establish and maintain one police force, which shall be national in scope and civilian in character. G.R. NO. L-19067-68
* Article XVI General Provisions, Sec. 3 – The State may not be sued without its consent.
* State Policies Sec. 11 Article II – The state values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights.
* Syllabus 123085 Supreme Court of the Philippines, the State may at times be sued.
* A.M. No. 12011030SC – Guidelines for Decongesting Holding Jails by enforcing the rights of accused person to bail, and speedy trial.
* OCA Circular No. 101-2027 – Approval of the Revised Guidelines for Continuous Trial of the Criminal Cases which took effect Sept. 1, 2017. A.M. No. 15-06-10-SC
* Court Act of 2017, SB No. 1399, An Act establishing the Police Law Enforcement Courts granting these exclusive original jurisdiction over violations of Constitutional Rights and Philippine National Police Rules of Engagement Committed by the Police, Amending Batas Pambansa Bilang 129, as Amended, otherwise known as The Judiciary Act of 1980, appropriating funds therefore and other purposes.
* Another Act, Strengthening the IAS and PLEBS Act of 2017; SB No. 1374, An Act Amending Republic Act No. 8551, otherwise known as the Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998; and R.A. 6975 otherwise known as the Department of Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 .
* R.A. 10158 on Vagrancy was abolished in 2012.
* Article X Section 1 – Provision for the creation of autonomous regions in Mindanao and Cordilleras.
* Article X Sec. 5 – Each governments unit shall have the power to create its own sources of revenue.
* Article VII Sec. 7 – Local governments shall be entitled to an equitable share in the proceeds and utilization and development of the national wealth in their respective areas.
* Article II Declaration of Principles and State Policies, Sec. 22 – The State shall recognize the rights of indigenous cultural communities within the framework of national unity and development.
* Article XII, Sec. 5 National Economy and Patrimony – The State, subject to the provisions of this Constitution and national development policies and programs, shall protect the rights of indigenous cultural communities to their ancestral lands to ensure their economic, social, and cultural well-being.
The Congress may provide for the applicability of customary laws governing property rights or relations in determining the ownership and extent of ancestral domain.
* Article XIV Education Sec. 2 No. 4 – Encourage non-formal, informal, and indigenous system.
* Article XIV Arts and Culture Sec. 17 – The State shall recognize, respect and protect the rights of indigenous cultural communities.
* Article XVI General Provisions, Section 1 – The Congress may create a Consultative Body to advise the President on politics affecting indigenous cultural communities, the majority of the members of which shall come from such communities.
* Article XVI, Section 11 (1) mandates that the ownership and management of mass media shall be limited to citizens of the Philippines, or to corporative, associations, wholly-owned and managed by such citizens. The Congress shall regulate and prohibit monopolies in commercial mass media when the public interests so requires.
* Article XIII Social Justice and Human Rights, Sec. 6 – The State shall apply the principles of agrarian reforms for stewardship.
* Article XIII Section I – The Congress shall give the highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social, economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequalities… (To be continue/PN)
