(UPDATE) PRESIDENT-ELECT Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has promised a "high level of accountability" for human rights violations in the country during his watch. Gonzales said during a press briefing after the meeting that they talked at length about the Human Rights Council Resolution 4533 of 2020. "It means the UN and the government needs to work together in addressing some concerns on human rights and he's very much interested, for example, in ensuring a consultation for the nomination of the new Commission of Human Rights," he said. "This is the topic that he immediately raised and he mentioned also the importance of ensuring high-level of accountability in terms of human rights [violations]...," he said. Human rights organizations say they have proof that many of the deaths were extrajudicial killings.

Source: Manila Times June 10, 2022 16:20 UTC