Extrajudicial Executions in the Philippines - A Call to End Impunity

International human rights experts and activists from the Philippines will address the continuing problem of extrajudicial killings in a side event to the UN Human Rights Council's 7^th session.

Organized by Amnesty International, the Diakonie agency of the Evangelical Church in Germany (a member of Action Network Human Rights - Philippines) and the World Council of Churches, the panel discussion "Extrajudicial Executions in the Philippines - A Call to End Impunity" will take place on

Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 02:00-04:00 PM
at the Palais des Nations, Room 27

Participants at the panel discussion are:

·        Dr Theodor Rathgeber (facilitator), German Forum Human Rights.

·        Lea Biason, Amnesty International

·        Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan, human rights monitoring group in the Philippines

·        Carlo Cleofe, Task Force Detainees of the Philippines

The panel discussion is open to press; there will be time allocated for questions and answers. Participants are available for press interviews upon request.

Media contact: Theodor Rathgeber +41-79-471-1224