Global alliance starts probing PH’s human rights status independently

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MANILA, Philippines — A group composed of various global organizations, religious sects, political personalities and other groups has started its goal of investigating the country’s human rights status independently.

According to Investigate PH, the project came after the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) decided to pull back on proposals to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the Philippines, supposedly during the implementation of the government’s war against illegal drugs.

Investigate PH member and International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippine (ICHRP) chair Peter Murphy said on Thursday that they instead chose to tap civil society organizat…

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