Philippines: Human Rights
(asked on 4th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what replies they received when the Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific raised the issue of extra-judicial killings with the relevant Minister in the Philippines in December 2017 and with their Ambassador in April 2018.
This question was answered on 13th June 2018
The Philippines Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and the Philippines Ambassador took note of UK concerns over the high death toll associated with the “war on illegal drugs” and offered assurances that the campaign was being conducted in compliance with international conventions.