About Purificacion Quisumbing
Lived 1934 – 2011 (aged 76–77). Purificacion Quisumbing was a Filipino politician and human rights defender.
Purificacion Valera Quisumbing (c. 1934 – December 1, 2011) was a Filipino human rights activist who served as the chair of Commission on Human Rights from 2002 to 2008. She was a graduate of the University of Philippines.
In March 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council re-elected Quisumbing to a second, three-year term on the council's advisory committee.
Quisumbing died on 1 December 2011, aged 77.
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Filipino human rights activist
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Purificacion Quisumbing was born in 1934.
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Purificacion Quisumbing died on 1 December 2011.
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Purificacion Quisumbing was a politician and human rights defender.
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Purificacion Quisumbing was Filipino.
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