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UN rights chief to PH: Review of drug cases should produce 'meaningful results'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 12:04 AM

In her annual report, the UN rights chief acknowledged the UN Joint Program on Human Rights with the Philippine government but she also issued a reminder: reinvestigation of drug cases should produce meaningful results as accountability for human rights violations remains a long standing concern in the Philippines. Read more »

Bato: 'Dissolve' PNP, gov’t if we don’t trust drug war statistics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 11:54 AM

The Philippines should just "dissolve" its government and police if the public does not trust the statistics on the war on drugs, said its former leader Sen. Bato dela Rosa, after the United Nations reiterated its call for accountability on deaths allegedly liked to the crackdown. Read more »

Bato twits UN rights chief: Who is she to criticize drug war?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 11:39 AM

Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa questioned Thursday the basis of the United Nations' top rights official in renewing calls for accountability in the Philippines' anti-narcotics war that he once led. Read more »

'Wagon of criticisms': Lacson slams UN official for advocating vs Anti-Terror Bill

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 11:16 AM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday criticized a United Nations official who advocated against his Anti-Terror Bill, alleging that the body's Commissioner for Human Rights did not read the actual measure. Read more »

UN rights chief urges Duterte to 'refrain' from signing anti-terror bill

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 01:37 PM

MANILA - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called on President Rodrigo Duterte not to sign the controversial anti-terror bill, citing its potential "chilling effect" on humanitarian and human rights work.    Read more »

122 children killed in Philippines drugs war: NGOs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 29 09:17 PM

GENEVA - At least 122 children have been killed in the Philippines' war on drugs -- often deliberately, two non-governmental organisations said Monday, urging the UN to take action. Read more »

'Heavy-handed' focus on security threats, drugs led to serious rights violations in PH - UN body

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 09:35 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Philippine government's emphasis on addressing national security threats and illegal drugs has led to serious human rights violations, a report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (UN rights office) said Thursday. Read more »

'Endemic racial discrimination' exposed in US: UN rights chief

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 03 12:52 AM

The coronavirus pandemic's disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities, and protests triggered by George Floyd's death, have laid bare "endemic inequalities" in the United States, the UN rights chief said Tuesday, urging action. Read more »

Pandemic could create 'human rights disaster': UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 07:42 PM

The UN rights chief warned Monday that countries flouting the rule of law in the name of fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic risk sparking a "human rights disaster". Read more »

Nearly five million have fled Venezuela as abuses continue: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 12:04 AM

Some 4.9 million people have left Venezuela, wracked by years of economic and political crisis, the UN rights chief said Tuesday, decrying ongoing attacks on opposition politicians, protesters and journalists. Read more »

China accuses UN rights chief of 'inapppropriate' interference

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 01 12:13 PM

China on Saturday accused UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet of "inappropriate" interference in the country's affairs after she called for investigations into alleged excessive use of force by police in Hong Kong.  Read more »

PH drug war deaths a ‘matter of most serious concern,’ says UN rights chief

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 01:45 PM

MANILA — The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has said deaths in the Philippines' drug war is “a matter of most serious concern” even as it acknowledged the “real numbers” as reported by government officials. Read more »

UN rights chief misinformed about war on drugs - Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 08:04 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday disputed the statement of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet that the government's anti-narcotics campaign should not be used by any country as a model to solve the illegal-drugs problem. Read more »

PH drug war not a model for any country, says UN rights chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 11:47 PM

The government's anti-narcotics campaign should not be used by any country as a model to solve the illegal-drugs problem, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Wednesday. Read more »