2020 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines 234 67 In the Joint Report to the European Parliament and Council (2020), ‘preserved tuna’ is highlighted as a product which has particularly benefited from the growth in Philippine exports to the EU market under GSP+. Preparations of food and fish comprised around 12.5% of Philippine GSP exports to the European Union. If the Philippines loses it GSP+ status, tuna exporters would be required to pay 20.5% tariffs. In 2018, the EU imported around €1.9 billion worth of Philippine products under the GSP trade preference. We have not just lost lives during this pandemic. We have lost jobs, businesses, money, and more.288 289 290 235 On 10 October 2020, the CHR again released a statement on the 18th World Day against Death Penalty and reiterated its stance in keeping the country death-penalty-free. It stressed that most people who face the death penalty are poor, with no access to competent lawyers or to a decent education that will empower them about their rights. The CHR also cited the 71.77% error rate in imposing death penalty as recognized by the Supreme Court through People V. Mateo. 291 Right to Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic 236 In the Municipality of Mabini, Davao de Oro, despite the looming threat of the virus in March 2020, a total of fifty (50) families or two hundred fifty (250) individuals were forced to leave their homes due to the sound of gunfire and bombs in their community last 18 288 Galvez, D. (2020, August 5). CHR: No ‘compelling reason’ to revive death penalty. Retrieved from https://newsinfo. inquirer.net/1317149/chr-no-compelling-reason-to-revive-death-penalty. 289 Commission on Human Rights (2020). In Defense of the Right to Life: International Law and Death Penalty in the Philippines. Retrieved from https://www.righttolifeph.online/archive/resources/2020. 290 House of Representatives. (2020, August 5). COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AGENDA: Regular Meeting of the Committee on Justice on the Bills Imposing the Death Penalty for Heinous Crimes. Retrieved from https://f b.watch/4ewayCeE98/. 291 See http://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-chr-commissioner-karen-s-gomez-dumpit-focal-commissioner-on-anti-deathpenalty-on-the-18th-world-day-against-death-penalty/.