#HumanRights #Accountability | TFDP calls for genuine justice and an end to impunity! The new Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination must embrace meaningful consultations with civil society to truly protect human rights. Real action, not just words, is essential for justice and accountability.
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The In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement on Friday characterized the United Nations Human Rights Council’s decision to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs as a “huge victory” for the families of victims of extrajudicial killings. Interviewed on Balitanghali on Friday, iDEFEND spokesperson Ellecer “Budit” Carlos said his organization, as well as other partners “shed tears” at
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UN: Philippines, Eritrea Don’t Belong on Rights Council Competition-Free Slates Undermine Body’s Credibility, Effectiveness (New York, October 11, 2018) – United Nations member countries should oppose the candidacies of the Philippines and Eritrea for the Human Rights Council because of their egregious human rights records, Human Rights Watch said today. Serious rights violations in Bahrain and Cameroon also raise significant
Read moreUN human rights review is largely toothless – but it’s giving a boost to Asian civil society groups A United Nations initiative reviewing human rights records of countries around the world is indirectly strengthening civil society organisations in Southeast Asia by allowing them to participate in the process. But the groups are still blocked from ensuring human rights are meaningfully
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[Note] MAG’s Position Paper on the Proposed Law Establishing the National Preventive Mechanism. by dars0357.wordpress.com The Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture (OPCAT) establishes “a system of regular visits undertaken by independent international and national bodies to places where people are deprived of their liberty, in order to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Web resource gathers human rights education commitments of States in one place The UN Human Rights Office launches a new resource, making available all the human rights education provisions of treaties and other instruments in one place. The web resource “The Right to Human Rights Education”, launched during a side event at the 27th session of the Human Rights Council,
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Philippines: Justice in the wake of natural disaster Typhoon Haiyan has affected nearly ten million people in the Philippines, with more than four million displaced in nine regions. In the aftermath of the disaster, the administration of justice, an essential institution often overlooked, has been severely affected with court buildings, equipment and places of detention substantially destroyed in a number
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Joint Statement: Call for an international legally binding instrument on human rights, transnational corporations and other business enterprises This statement has been endorsed by a wide alliance of international networks, organizations and social movements, listed below.[1] It represents the collective expression of a growing mobilization of global civil society calling for further enhancement of international legal standards to address corporate
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Bakit ang isyu sa Calumpit bridge ay isyu ng karapatan ng mga riders at karapatang pantao? By Lyndon Pangan Una , ang kawalan ng kongkretong aksyon ng pamahalaan (partikular ang local na pamahalaan) sa daing ng mga riders na masolusyonan ang mahirap na kalagayan nila sa paglalakbay ay labag sa karapatan. (Obligasyon ng gubyerno to “Respect, Protect, and Fulfill the
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Don’t let Philippines become a ‘forgotten crisis’ – UN chief By Agence France-Presse December 22, 2013 MANILA – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on donor nations Sunday to ramp up aid to typhoon-battered Philippines as it grapples with a funding shortfall on the long road to recovery. “We must not allow this to be another forgotten crisis,” Ban told
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Human Rights Online Philippines 