MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday urged the government to acknowledge and address the observations of the International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor regarding crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the government’s war on drugs.
“As the country’s national human-rights institution, CHR urges the government to acknowledge and address the observations of the ICC, with regards to its findings, and calls for greater transparency and accountability from the government in the movement towards providing redress for cases of human rights violations,” the CHR said in a statement.
The commission was referring to the De…
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