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"en.20120614.28.4-396-000"2
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"Mr President, impunity thrives in the Philippines. The situation reached the attention of the international community once again when the body of Esmail Amil Enog was found a few months after he disappeared. His limbs had been torn off, and he is thought to have been murdered with a chainsaw. Enog was one of the main witnesses to the genocide at Maguindanao, and is now the third murder victim.
Hundreds of political murders ordered by the state or the army have been reported in recent years. However, only seven cases have been heard in court. Not one has been judged since the current President assumed power.
For some time, the international community was pleased with the improvements in the human rights situation in the Philippines, but now again it has been demonstrated that the Philippines has not lived up to its commitments as signatory to the Statute of the International Criminal Court. I was also very disappointed with the Filipino political leadership, for example, for not being present when the UN Human Rights Council voted on the situation in Syria.
It is excellent that the EU has implemented programmes in partnership with the Filipino Government. The country’s leaders must now understand that the international community is not going to turn a blind eye to impunity."@en1
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