23. November 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, International Institutions
The 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council approved the first Joint Programme (UN JP) between the Philippines and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). The collaboration within the three-year program began in July 2021. The UN JP aims to...
14. October 2021 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR), said on October 7 during the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council that she remains concerned by continuing reports of serious human rights violations in the Philippines. She...
24. September 2021 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
Update November 2021: In Arturo Lascañas’ 186-page affidavit, the former high-ranking police officer who served in Davao City for 35 years states that he was involved in murders as one of the first members of the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS). Moreover, his...
24. September 2021 | Human Rights News, International Institutions, News
EU DG Trade proposed a new EU GSP scheme on Septembre 22, 2021. The European Parliament and the Council will discuss the proposal. The current GSP+ scheme expires on December 31, 2023. Once adopted, the new GSP Regulation will apply from 1 January 2024. New aspects...
23. September 2021 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
The 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) started last week in Geneva on September 13 and will be closed on October 8. It is to be expected that the human rights situation in the Philippines will be discussed in Item 10 on October 7. As a...
19. July 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a Paris-based dirty money watchdog, decided on June 25, 2021, to include the Philippines on it’s “gray list” again. After failing to properly “address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering,...
