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UN okays probe of human rights situation in PH

By MindaNews

| July 12, 2019 - 2:04 pm

09digongpresscon3 1 — President Rodrigo Duterte asks the International Criminal Court in a press conference on Friday night, 09 February 2018: “what is extrajudicial killing?” The ICC has announced it will conduct a “preliminary examination” into the alleged extrajudicial killings in relation to the “war on drugs” since July 1, 2016, Day One of the Duterte Administration.

MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 July) – The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted on July 11 a resolution calling for an investigation into thousands of killings attributed to the Duterte administration’s war on drugs and other alleged abuses.

The 47-member UNHRC voted 18-14 in favor of the resolution initiated by Iceland. Fifteen member-states abstained.

Iceland’s resolution calls for a comprehensive, written report on the human rights situation in the Philippines to the council next June and on the government to cooperate with UN human rights mechanisms and experts.[]/a> with |||

A number of minors and children have also been killed in the crackdown.

Last week, a three-year old girl was shot dead in a raid.

Police claimed her father used her as a human shield, but the family refuted this. (MindaNews)