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Tag: UNHRC

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    Rights groups push for ‘immediate justice,’ independent probe on PH human rights abuses

    By Tatiana Maligro  |  Sep 08, 2022 9:37 PM

    Frustrated over the little to no improvement in the human rights situation in the Philippines, Human Rights Watch, along with local human rights groups, urged the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council to issue a follow-up resolution and an immediate investigation into the drug war campaign.

    Human Rights Watch, IDEALS, Karapatan, UNHRC

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    Categories Commentary

    ​ Guevarra’s speech reveals concern on ICC probe of Duterte

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Mar 07, 2021 9:14 PM

    Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s bravado that he is not worried about the complaints of crimes against humanity filed before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against him and officials involved in the government’s bloody drug war, the speech of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) last Feb. 24 betrayed the administration’s concern about it.

    Duterte's drug war, UNHRC

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    Categories News

    UN body seeks impartial probe of killings, scrapping of ‘Oplan Tokhang’

    By Ivel John M. Santos  |  Jun 05, 2020 1:48 PM

    The United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) has called on the Philippine government to scrap “Oplan Tokhang” and to allow an independent investigation of all killings in order to hold erring parties accountable and compensate the victims and their families.

    Duterte, Oplan Tokhang, UNHRC

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens share MISLEADING story on PH securing seat on UN rights council

    By VERA Files  |  May 05, 2020 11:57 PM

    The Philippines was re-elected in 2018.

    UNHRC, United Nations

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DFA press release distorts facts about Philippine human rights report

    By VERA FILES  |  Sep 15, 2017 3:39 PM

    Only eight countries expressed qualified support for PH war on drugs.

    DFA, UNHRC, upr

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    Categories Commentary

    Why it’s finally Cayetano at DFA?

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  May 15, 2017 8:14 AM

    The appointment of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as foreign secretary is an indication that the Duterte administration is feeling the heat of a negative international image and needs somebody who can passionately defend the President’s human rights record as what the senator did last week before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

    Alan Cayetano, DFA, Rodrigo Duterte, UNHRC

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