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New developments in Human Rights, CHRP role in UN's Philippine review
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The Manila Times
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February 10, 2008
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The Universal Periodic Review is one of the important changes introduced by the United Nations Human Rights Council as it is an equalizing mechanism between rich and poor countries, between powerful and weak nations. Under the UPR, members of the HRC are subjected to a review of their human rights performance, unlike in the defunct Human Rights Commission.
Thus, when the election for membership in the Human Rights Council opened in 2006, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) urged the government to present its candidature despite opposition from some sectors because of the country's "precarious human rights situation." The Philippine Mission campaigned hard and the ...
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