Philippines: UN Rights Body Fails to Act

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Families of victims of extrajudicial killings in the "war on drugs" display portraits of their slain relatives and call on the UN Human Rights Council to investigate the killings, in Quezon City, Philippines, July 9, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Bullit Marquez (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council dealt victims of human rights violations in the Philippines a serious blow by failing to pass a resolution that would ensure continued scrutiny of the country’s rights situation, Human Rights Watch said today. The council will end its 51st Session in Geneva on October…

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