Movement Against Tyranny
08 August 2019
Dear friends in the Movement Against Tyranny:
On July 11, 2019, the United Nations Human Rights Council 41st Session in Geneva passed the Iceland-initiated Resolution on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Philippines. This was truly welcome news, as the Resolution urges the Philippine government to take measures to prevent extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, carry out investigations, and to hold perpetrators accountable.
Now, we have a lot of work to do.
The Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (Ecuvoice) through the Philippine UPR Watch and in cooperation with Karapatan, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers(NUPL) and Rise Up for Life and for Rights invites you to a public forum:
A Walk-Through of the Iceland-initiated Resolution on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Philippines
9am-noon, Friday, Aug 16, 2019
College of Mass Communication Auditorium, UP Diliman, Quezon City
This gathering of human rights defenders and advocates is intended to help us familiarize ourselves on the Resolution, share insights from behind the scenes, walk through the process, analyze reactions and views, present scenarios, and engage initial discussions for tasks, plans and courses of action. We will seek to answer whose concern and responsibility it is to ensure the Resolution’s ‘asks’ as well as how we can engage the public-at-large in the Resolution process.
As we continue to pursue the cause of human rights and human dignity, your presence in this forum will strengthen our collective resolve to work for truth and justice in the Philippines. Please confirm your participation to Becca Lawson by phone at 0998-414-1606 or email at ecumenical.voice.phils@gmail.com. We hope to see you there.
