Review 2008

The Philippines was reviewed on the 11th of April of 2008. The troika consisted of Malaysia, Mali and Germany.

OHCHR Compilation of UN information:

. A/HRC/WG.6/1/PHL/2 - A, C, E, F, R, S

OHCHR Summary of stakeholders’ information:

. A/HRC/WG.6/1/PHL/3 - A, C, E, F, R, S

NGO submisions

. *UN information*
UNICEF	E
UNDP	E
UN Habitat	E
UN Headquarters Department of Political Affairs	E
UNHCR	E
. *NHRI*
Commission on Human Rights in the Philippines	E
. *NGO*
Amnesty International	E	1, 2, 3, 4
Asian Indigenous Tribal Peoples Network	E	1
Asian Legal Resource Centre	E	1
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development	E	1, 2
Centre for Reproductive Rights	E	1, 2, 3
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions	E
Council on Population Health and Welfare	E	1, 2
Diakonie	E	1
EnGendeRights	E	1, 2, 3
FIAN International	E	1, 2
International Federation for Human Rights	E
Free Legal Assistance Group	E	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Front Line	E
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children	E
GMA Watch	E
Human Rights Watch	E	1
Ibon Foundation	E
Islamic Human Rights Commission	E
Indigenous People Rights Monitor	E
Karapatan	E	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
National Council of Churches in the Philippines	E
NGO Working Group on Asia (sumisión adjunta)	E	1
Norwegian Refugee Council	E	1, 2
Sumisión adjunta: 29 ONGs	E
Partnership for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development Services	E
Reporters Without Borders	E, F
Society for Threatened Peoples	E
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization	E
Womens Legal Bureau	E	1, 2
World Organization Against Torture	E

Review in the Working Group – 11 April 2008

. Summary by ISHR

. UN press release

. Full webcast . For the webcast by speaker, see here.

For statements in writing, see the OHCHR extranet (username: hrc extranet; password: 1session).

Report of the Working Group

. A/HRC/WG.6/1/PHL/4: Report adopted "ad referendum"

Adoption of the Report of the Working Group – 15 April 2008

. Full webcast. For the webcast by speaker, see here

Adoption of the Report in the plenary – 10 June 2008

. A/HRC/8/52: Report of the eight session of the Human Rights Council

. UN press release.

. Webcast of the plenary. For the webcast by speaker, see here.

. Statement by the Philippines.

. The following states took the floor: China, Algeria, Canada, Qatar, Indonesia, Sir Lanka y Thailand.

For all the statements made by States, see the OHCHR extranet (username: hrc extranet; password: 1session).

The following observers took the floor:

. Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (video)

. Joint statement: International Women’s Rights Action Watch (IWRAW), Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD), Federation for Women and Family Planning, Latin American Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights (CLADEM), ...

. Joint statement: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International

. Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)

. Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)

. Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (CCIA/WCC)

. Indian Council of South America (CISA)

. Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)