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HUMAN RIGHTS NOTESCario vs CHR (G.R. No. 96681 Dec 21991!Commission on Human Rights has nojurisdiction or adjudicatory powers over, or thepower to try and decide, or hear and determine,certain specifc type of cases, like allegedhuman rights violations involving civil orpolitical rights."ac#s$ On September 17, 1990, a Monday and aclass day, some 800 public school teachers,among themmembers of the Manila PublicSchool Teachers ssociation !MPST" andlliance of #oncerned Teachers !#T" undertoo$%hat they described as &mass concertedactions& to &dramati'e and highlight& their plightresultingfromtheallegedfailureofthepublicauthorities to act upon grie(ances that had timeand again been brought to the latter)s attention*The&massactions& consistedinstayinga%ayfrom their classes,con(erging at the +i%asang,onifacio, gatheringinpeaceableassemblies,etc* Through their representati(es, the teachersparticipatinginthemassactions%ereser(ed%ithanorder of theSecretary of -ducation toreturn to %or$ in ./ hours or face dismissal, anda memorandumdirecting the 0-#S o1cialsconcerned to initiate dismissal proceedingsagainstthose%hodidnotcomplyandtohiretheir replacements* 2or failure to heed thereturn3to3%or$ order, the #45 complainants!pri(ate respondents" %ere administrati(elychargedonthebasisof theprincipal)sreportand gi(en 6(e !7" days to ans%er the charges*They %ere also pre(enti(ely suspended forninety !90" days &pursuant to Section /1 of P*0*807& and temporarily replaced* The casee(entuallyresultedina0ecisionof Secretary#ari8o dated 0ecember 17, 1990, renderedafter e(aluation of the e(idence as %ellas theans%ers, a1da(its and documents submitted bytherespondents, decreeingdismissal fromtheser(ice of polinario -sber and the suspensionfor nine !9" months of ,abaran, ,udoy and del#astillo* Iss%e$9o:the#ommissionon4uman5ightshas ;urisdiction or ad;udicatory po%ers o(er, orthe po%er to try and decide, or hear anddetermine, certainspeci6ctypeof cases, li$ealleged human rights (iolations in(ol(ing ci(il orpolitical rights*He&'$:o,#45ha(enopo%er todoso* Themost that may be conceded to the #ommissionin the %ay of ad;udicati(e po%er is that it mayin(estigate, i*e*, recei(e e(idence and ma$e6ndings of fact as regards claimed human rights(iolations in(ol(ing ci(il and political rights* ,utfact6ndingisnotad;udication, andcannotbeli$enedto the;udicial function of acourt of;ustice, or e(en a