MANILA, Philippines — In the government probe of the thousands of casualties in the country’s antidrug operations, both perpetrators and their enablers must be included in the review, United Nations special rapporteur Agnes Callamard said on Friday.
“[The] benchmark is to not just focus on those that pulled the trigger but also on those that emboldened those that pulled the trigger,” Callamard said at a forum hosted by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines.
The UN expert on extrajudicial killings added that expanding the review is one of the most important steps that should be taken by the panel.
“There should be no limit on who shall be included in that re…
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