Commission on Human Rights
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Last Sunday, Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra announced the participation of the CHR in the investigation on the March 7 deaths of nine activists in South Luzon provinces.
Guevarra said the inter-agency committee formed in 2012 to investigate EJK incidents reached out to the CHR to help in the probe.
The CHR is an independent constitutional office that investigates all forms of human rights violations involving civil and political rights.
Under Administrative Order No. 35 that created the inter-agency committee, the participation of the CHR in the committee is limited to being “observer and resource person.”
Through Spokesperson Jacqueline Ann de Guia, the CHR said Guevarra’s statement was a welcome development for the commission which has been keen in ensuring that human rights are upheld in all illegal drugs operations.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian s Regular Press Conference on March 15, 2021
2021/03/15
CCTV: On March 12, G7 foreign ministers and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued a joint statement on NPC s adoption of a decision on improving HKSAR s electoral system. Do you have any comment?
Zhao Lijian: Recently, a handful of countries viciously smeared the National People s Congress adoption of a decision on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and flagrantly interfered in China s domestic affairs including Hong Kong affairs. China strongly deplores and firmly rejects it.
The decision made by the NPC on improving HKSAR s electoral system is a major step to uphold and improve the system and institutions of One Country, Two Systems and maintain long-term stability in Hong Kong. It is totally constitutional, lawful and justified. It will provide more solid institutional guarantee to the full implemen
India asks UNHRC to pay urgent attention to Pakistan s deplorable human rights records
India said that Pakistan must stop preaching and focus on its responsibility towards the millions suffering in the country.
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GENEVA: India said on Monday that it is high-time that Pakistan, a failed state , is held accountable for its state-sponsored terrorism and urged the UN Human Rights Council to pay urgent attention to its deplorable human rights records and discriminatory treatment of its ethnic and religious minorities.
Using its Right of Reply under the Agenda Item 4 at the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council in response to a statement by Pakistan s representative, India also said that Pakistan must stop preaching and focus on its responsibility towards the millions suffering in the country.
The term “potable water reuse” is a euphemism for the recovery of drinking water from sewage effluents.
Potable water reuse is a concept that has become prominent due to the water scarcity experienced in various places in our country and elsewhere. The idea is to recover the liquid fraction from sewage and purify it to drinking water standards, then distribute it via the potable water reticulation systems. This has been done in practice for several years in Beaufort West in order to augment their potable water supply.
The City of Cape Town announced on 7 March 2021 that it will be injecting water reclaimed from sewage into the City’s potable drinking water supply during the period March to May 2021, while admitting to neither having had open public participation meetings nor having received final approval from the appointed authorities.
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