Manila, Sept. 24 -- There is sad irony at the United Nations in Geneva!
While a handful of Filipino-led nongovernment organizations have once again taken to vilifying the Philippines at the ongoing 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, with rehashed allegations of human rights violations against the Duterte administration, no less than key independent experts and special rapporteurs of the UN are looking positively at the Philippines.
At parallel side-meetings with said experts by the Philippine delegation led by Undersecretary Severo Catura of the Presidential Human Rights Committee Secretariat, the Philippines was hailed for its achievements in several crucial human rights fronts.
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