Region: International

Drug war victims call for stronger UN efforts in the Philippines

September 22, 2023 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — “War on drugs” victims are urging the United Nations (UN) to take a more proactive stance in the Philippines, particularly in investigating killings during the previous Duterte administration that continue until the present Marcos administration. At the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Philippine UPR Watch …

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Filipino rights defenders urge UNHRC to take decisive action on attacks vs human rights defenders in PH

September 19, 2023 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — As the world commemorates the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the Philippine Universal Periodic Review (PUPR) Watch delegation to the 54th UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session raised alarm over the escalating attacks against human rights defenders and activists in the Philippines under …

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Continuing rights violations, lack of accountability should impel UN Human Rights Council to investigate rights situation in PH

“The killing of broadcast journalist Percival Mabasa, the continuing lack of accountability for the killings in the drug war and counterinsurgency campaigns, and the unabated red-tagging spree of rights defenders, government critics, and even members of the judiciary by state forces and government officials sound the alarm for the pressing imperative for independent investigation on …

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Rights groups press for overdue accountability on drug war killings, attacks on rights defenders at UNHRC

As President Rodrigo Duterte prepares for his defense against the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the situation in the Philippines, human rights alliance Karapatan together with international partners asserted in oral statements delivered before the 48th session of United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that an independent international investigation into the country is “overdue” …

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