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Philippines in dire need of national torture prevention body, say UN experts

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14 Dec 2023

MANILA/GENEVA (14 December 2023) - The UN torture prevention experts today concluded their second visit to the Philippines by calling for the urgent designation of a national torture prevention body....

UN torture prevention body to visit Philippines

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30 Nov 2023

GENEVA (30 November 2023) - The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will make its second visit to the Philippines from 3 to 14 December to advise and assist the State party in fulfilling...

Korea failed to protect three Filipino women trafficking victims and ensure their effective access to justice, UN Committee finds

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24 Nov 2023

GENEVA (24 November 2023) – The Republic of Korea violated the rights of three Filipinas who were forced into prostitution by failing to identify and protect them as trafficking victims and not...

Philippines: UN experts welcome release of former senator Leila De Lima on bail

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17 Nov 2023

GENEVA (17 November 2023) – UN experts* today welcomed the release of former senator Leila De Lima from prison after nearly seven years of incarceration in the Philippines. “We welcome the news that a...

UN human rights expert on climate change to visit the Philippines

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02 Nov 2023

GENEVA (2 November 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry, will visit the Philippines from 6 to 15 November 2023...

Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Bhutan, the Philippines, Jamaica and Guatemala

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09 Oct 2023

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of non-governmental organizations and a national human rights institution on the...

Philippines: UN experts demand immediate release of ex-lawmaker Leila de Lima

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16 Jun 2023

GENEVA (16 June 2023) – UN experts* today expressed “grave disappointment” after a Philippine court denied bail to former senator Leila de Lima, prolonging her six-year detention even after key...

Human rights ensure all spaces are accessible to women in all their diversity

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08 Jun 2023

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A ground-breaking set of commitments seeks to ensure that the spaces, both in person and virtual, where important decisions take place are fully accessible to be inclusive for all women with disabilities.

CERD/C/PHL/CO/21-25: Concluding observations on the combined twenty-first to twenty-fifth periodic reports of the Philippines

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Concluding observations

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23 May 2023

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend the Philippines’ Law on HIV/AIDS, Ask Questions on the Situation of Indigenous Peoples and on Internally Displaced Persons

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20 Apr 2023

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first to twenty-fifth periodic report of the Philippines, with Committee Experts...