UN adopts RP report on ‘rights’
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Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita announced this upon his return this morning from his mission to lead RP delegation to the UPR in Geneva, Switzerland where HRC is based. But activist groups had a different opinion about the UNHRC’s reaction to the report. “We are happy with the mix of praise for efforts made by the Arroyo government and concerns for the human rights situation in the country. Feedback from participating countries were very good. In particular, the focused and direct responses to questions submitted in advance and from the floor were very well received. The general impression was that the Philippines came to the UPR well prepared and ready to face even the most difficult and sensitive questions,” said Ermita.
The number of speakers which took the floor, 41 countries (45 was the maximum that can be accommodated within the time limit), was itself a very good indication of the level of support and respect the Philippines enjoy from the countries in the human rights council. While other countries that also underwent the UPR vigorously and openly lobbied not only for support but also for favorable statements from the floor, the Philippines did not.” We were therefore pleased by the voluntary and unsolicited offers of support as shown by the very favorable statements delivered from the floor. Even countries that asked sensitive questions
on extrajudicial killings prefixed their queries with good words for the Philippines,” added Ermita.
For this positive result, Ermita credit the efforts to the different agencies and independent bodies such as Commission on Human Rights, the Judiciary, and the Ombudsman which contributed to the preparations and took part in the delegation, civil society, and the team of the RP Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, headed by Ambassador Erlinda Basilio.
Teamwork, that’s the X factor that help us make such a comprehensive and respected national report and presentation and the Council members responded to that,” Ermita, Chairman of the Presidential Human Rights Committee (PHRC), said.
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