THE Consultative Committee (ConCom) tasked to review the 1987 Constitution on Monday voted 16-1-1 to elevate the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to the status of an independent constitutional body "to enhance its fiscal autonomy."

However, the ConCom clarified that the CHR, as a constitutional body, would not have prosecutorial powers.

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