Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2007-06-11 14:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Deepak Obhrai (Calgary East, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"698614\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the Philippines faces serious human rights challenges. Foremost among those is the large number of extrajudicial killings that have been reported. These killings have targeted political activists, journalists and others. Many of them have gone unresolved.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"698615\" data-originallang=\"en\">Canada has expressed our concerns on numerous occasions to the Philippine government about extrajudicial killings and the apparent culture of impunity that is undermining law and order.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"698616\" data-originallang=\"en\">Canadian officials continue to meet and consult with groups most affected by the violence. We support building a capacity of expertise in the Philippine government institutions that are mandated to improve the human rights situation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"698617\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the important steps the Philippines have taken to address this problem, including Task Force USIG, the Melo Commission and the invitation of the UN Special Rapporteur. Further, President Macapagal-Arroyo has stated her intention to implement new measures, including the creation of special courts to investigate the killings and the strengthening of witness protection to address the issue.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"698614\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les Philippines font face \u00e0 de grands d\u00e9fis en mati\u00e8re de droits de la personne. Le plus important de ces d\u00e9fis est celui qui est pos\u00e9 par le grand nombre d'ex\u00e9cutions extrajudiciaires. Les victimes de ces ex\u00e9cutions incluent des activistes politiques, des journalistes et d'autres personnes. Un grand nombre de ces ex\u00e9cutions n'ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9solues. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"698615\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le Canada a fait part \u00e0 plusieurs reprises de nos pr\u00e9occupations au gouvernement des Philippines, relativement aux ex\u00e9cutions extrajudiciaires et \u00e0 la culture d'impunit\u00e9 \u00e9vidente qui mine l'ordre public.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"698616\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les autorit\u00e9s canadiennes continuent de rencontrer les repr\u00e9sentants des groupes les plus touch\u00e9s par la violence. Nous sommes en faveur de d\u00e9velopper des comp\u00e9tences au sein des institutions du gouvernement philippin qui ont le mandat d'am\u00e9liorer la situation des droits de la personne. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"698617\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je profite aussi de l'occasion pour reconna\u00eetre les mesures importantes prises par les Philippines face \u00e0 ce probl\u00e8me, y compris la mise sur pied du groupe de travail USIG, la commission Melo et l'invitation du rapporteur sp\u00e9cial des Nations Unies. En outre, la pr\u00e9sidente Macapagal-Arroyo a signal\u00e9 son intention de mettre en oeuvre de nouvelles mesures, y compris la cr\u00e9ation de tribunaux sp\u00e9ciaux pour enqu\u00eater sur les ex\u00e9cutions et le renforcement de la protection des t\u00e9moins, afin de r\u00e9gler le probl\u00e8me. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/6/11/deepak-obhrai-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/deepak-obhrai/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1236/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2140083",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Philippines",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2007/6/11/",
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