o Reconsider the enactment of the Anti-Terrorism Bill to include stronger human
rights safeguards.
We ask the Human
Rights Council and the international community to support
* the technical cooperation between the Government and OHCHR
* for OHCHR to have the mandate to continue to monitor and report progress on the
recommendations
* and in the absence of timely and measurable outcomes, to consider options for other
international accountability measures
The Commission
human
stands together with the victims, disadvantaged
rights defenders
discourse
and
groups and
in valuing the Council as the fulcrum of international
cooperation
for the
protection
of all human
rights.
This
has
encouraged us to defend our shrinking civic space and respond to human rights
attacks
protection
presents
on
the
for
ground.
human
Government
Your
sustained
rights
defenders,
with
the
focus
amplify
opportunity
to
will
the
continue
voices
take
to
provide
of victims
proactive
as
strides
it
in
responding to human rights concerns in the country.
To forge constructive dialogue and collaboration at home, we respectfully ask
the Human Rights Council for this opportunity to remain open.
Mabuhay at Maraming Salamat po.
(Thank you very much.)