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2020 – Section for EcuVoice articles, materials, etc.

Help stop the killings, Filipino rights defenders appeal to the world

Ahead of the adoption of the recommendations made by United Nations (UN) member states during the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the state of human rights in the Philippines last November 2022, Filipino human rights defenders from the Philippine UPR Watch again appealed for international support to put a stop to the extrajudicial killings …

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PH UPR Watch: PH gov’t in fantasy world pf contradictions at UN Human Rights Council session

Some big words and promises were bellowed by the Philippine government through Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla before the 51st Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland on October 5, 2022. Among its claims was that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is a “unifying” leader who is undertaking ‘transformational’ reform …

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On the adoption of UN HRC Resolution on technical cooperation and capacity-building for human rights in PH

The Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines and its partner organizations acknowledge the adoption of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) resolution on technical cooperation and capacity-building for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines. The resolution, despite its shortcomings, remains as among the indications of …

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The Philippine Human Rights Situation

A Compendium of Executive Summaries of the Submissions to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights in Relation to the UN Human Rights Council Resolution 41/2