Senator Alan Cayetano To Lead PH Delegation To Defend Our Human Rights Record Before United Nations Council
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano will lead the Philippine
delegation that will present the country’s human rights report before the
United Nations Human Rights Council.
Senator Cayetano is expecting to defend the Philippines’
human rights record, including casualties of the drug war that is the centerpiece
of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, on May 8.
The Senator said he is expecting that questions issues such
as death penalty and the criminal liability of minors will be raised by other
countries.
“Hindi kami umilag to discuss the campaign against drugs and
for the law enforcement and the rule of law. We have a portion doon but limited
‘yung time we only have three hours kasi including two hours I think for questioning
so pinipili pa namin ano ‘yung eemphasize but ang aming tantsa, there will be a
lot of questions from other countries on the campaign against drugs, death
penalty and criminal liability of minor. ‘Yung extrajudicial killings it will fall
on campaign against drugs,” Senator Cayetano said.
He said Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra
and Presidential Human Rights Committee Undersecretary Severo Catura would also
be part of the delegation along with 20 other officials.
This will be the third periodic review of the United Nations
regarding the Philippines’ human rights record.
Then-Justice Secretary Leila de Lima headed the government
delegation during the second cycle of the review. De Lima, now a senator, is
detained at the PNP Custodial Center on illegal drug charges.
Aside from the government delegation, a 10-man panel of
human rights activists will also travel to the event next month in an effort to
urge the UN to look into the reality of the country’s human rights violations.
Philippine Universal Periodic Review Convenor Fr. Rex Reyes
Jr. earlier said that among the issues the panel will discuss at the UN Human
Rights Council are the spate of killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug
war and the protection of human rights defenders.
The Aquino administration would also be under the review
since the third cycle of the UPR covers the period from May 2012 to September
2016.
The Commission on Human Rights, for its part, will submit
its own report in October, when the UNHRC is expected to release its final
recommendation.
Senator Alan Cayetano To Lead PH Delegation To Defend Our Human Rights Record Before United Nations Council
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