GENEVA (25 June 2020) – One year ago, 11 UN human rights experts jointly called on the Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigation into human rights violations in the Philippines. The Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 41/2which requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a comprehensive written report on the situation of human rights in the Philippines and to present it at its 44th session. “The report, issued on 4 June 2020, confirmed our findings and warnings issued over the last four years: widespread and systematic…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 25 June 2020. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.