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  • March 26, 2021 , 10:45am

Global mission finds local remedies for rights victims in PH illusory

Global mission finds local remedies for rights victims in PH illusory

Some participants in the Investigate PH report presentation

“Domestic remedies have been ineffective at providing redress and at halting continued abuses. The power imbalance between victims of state violence, and perpetrators who have the backing of government apparatuses, is grave. Structures to redress this imbalance are lacking.”

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bulatlat.com

MANILA – Human rights violations in the Philippines have intensified and the domestic remedies available for the victims are not working.

These are some of the highlights of the first report by Independent International Commission of Investigation into Human Rights Violations in the Philippines or Investigate PH, an international body which conducted an independent probe on human rights violations in the Philippines. It was formed after the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution extending technical assistance on the human rights situation in the Philippines.

In its first report virtually launched from Geneva, March 16, the group declared, “Domestic remedies have been ineffective at providing redress and at halting continued abuses. The power imbalance between victims of state violence, and perpetrators who have the backing of government apparatuses, is grave. Structures to redress this imbalance are lacking.”

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