PH undergoes review by UN body

PH undergoes review by UN body

GROUP SCORE CONTINUING RIGHTS ABUSES

“The whole world knows of the failure of the Aquino government to bring to justice human rights violators like Gen. Jovito Palparan and of the horrendous, less than one percent conviction rate of perpetrators of political killings on top of the snail-paced justice system.” – Fr. Rex RB. Reyes, NCCP

By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com

MANILA – As the Philippines undergoes the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a mechanism of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council to check if all UN member states comply with their human rights obligations, several human rights groups raised alarm over the continuing human rights violations.

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