MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government formally moved for the delisting of more than 600 cases of enforced and involuntary disappearances that occurred from 1975 to 2012 during a meeting with a United Nations working group. The Philippine delegation sought to delist 625 cases during a meeting with the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital of Sarajevo, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a release Friday. While it sought to delist cases of disappearances, the Philippine delegation assured the UN working group that the government would continue to assist families of the disappeared. That law created a board to evaluate and process claims of victims of human rights violations during the Marcos administration. The working group consists of five members that serve as experts "in their individual capacities, to examine questions relevant to enforced or involuntary disappearances of persons."

Source: Philippine Star February 15, 2019 03:33 UTC