--Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Articles 2, 5, and 6 Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country. Filipino refugees are persons originating from the country of the Philippines. --Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, Articles 4, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, and 31 The human right not to be forcibly returned to the country he or she is fleeing if such a return would pose a threat to the life, security, or freedom of the refugee. What commitments have governments made to ensuring the realization of the Human Rights of Refugees? In cases where no parents or other members of the family can be found, the child shall be accorded the same protection as any other child deprived of his or her family environment." 76(a) tel: 212.749-3156; fax: 212.666-6325; Human Rights are universal, and civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights belong to all human beings, including refugees and internally displaced people. Shulamith Koenig / Executive Director UNHCR also partners with civil society for the advocacy, assistance and attainment of solutions for refugees and asylum seekers. The human right to the highest possible standard of health and to access to health care. The human right to participation in decision-making which affects a refugee=s life, family, and community. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte campaigned on a promise that advocated violent measures, including killings of criminal suspects, to solve drugs, criminality, and corruption in three to six months of taking office. Since taking office in June 2016, Dutertes war on drugs includes the killing of thousands of people by police who claim to be acting in self-defense and 526 West 111th Street, New York, NY 10025 --Cairo Programme of Action, paras. --Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Articles 3, 4, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 33 and 34 "The Parties confirm that genocide is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish." Philippines refugee statistics for 2017 was 512.00, a 30.61% increase from 2016. The States shall facilitate the assimilation and naturalisation of refugees." the Philippines destined for Philippines, other than a pon-immigrant; (p) "Immigration laws" - shall refer to this Act and any other law presently existing or which may hereafter be enacted relating to movement of natural persons and from the Philippines, and their exclusion, interception, removal and repatriation; 3 Red dates are related to the Holocaust in general, and world events affecting the Philippines in particular: they provide a running reminder of what was happening to European Jews in general and the approaching global conflict. English/Nat The planned repatriation of about 80 Vietnamese refugees from a camp in the Philippines has been postponed pending further identification checks. The human right to work and to basic labor protections. An average of four Filipinos a day are killed by drive-by motorcycle attacks, according to data from Statelessness mainly affects certain communities in Mindanao but there are also smaller communities at risk in other areas of the country. In his speech before the 75th United Nations General Assembly, President Rodrigo Duterte said helping refugees is a shared responsibility of nations, as he reaffirmed the Philippines' commitment to keeping open its doors to the most vulnerable.