Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on Malacanang’s remarks on the UN Special Rapporteurs
PRESS STATEMENT | 04 January 2018 As a member-state, the Philippine government must respect the established mechanisms and special procedures of the United Nations (UN). United Nations Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts form part of the special procedures for the monitoring, investigation, and reporting of possible human rights violations by UN member states. The selection process […]
CHR CONCERNED OVER PRESIDENT DUTERTE’S REMARKS AGAINST UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
31 August 2017 PRESS RELEASE CHR CONCERNED OVER PRESIDENT DUTERTE’S REMARKS AGAINST UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is concerned over President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s expletives against UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions, Agnes Callamard, and other human rights defenders. The recent statement from the highest […]