A group of Filipino human rights defenders, led by Karapatan Secretary General Marie Hilao-Enriquez, are currently in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the UN Human Rights Council Session and lobby for help on worsening human rights situation in the Philippines.
Among the members of the Philippine delegation of HR Defenders include Mrs. Edita Burgos (mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos), Atty. Edre Olalia (Special Legal Consultant for Karapatan on UN Mechanisms and President of International Association of People's Lawyers), Ms. Susan Cruz of Bayan Central-Luzon.
Mrs. Burgos and Ms. Enriquez have met with the Brazilian ambassador to the UN and had likewise participated in a forum on women human rights defenders. (Ruth Cervantes-Karapatan Public Information Officer)
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