Philippines: Ensure Rights Panel’s Independence

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Activists protest against presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a rally outside the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City, the Philippines, on May 25, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Basilio Sepe (Bangkok) – President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines should ensure a transparent, inclusive process to select qualified and independent human rights experts as commissioners for the national Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Human Rights Watch said today. Marcos, who will be inaugurated as the new Philippine president on June 30, 2022, is expected to…

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