A report on the Philippines' human rights situation and enjoyment of GSP+ privileges will take place this year, the first under the Marcos administration.
Gallagher specifically mentioned how the EU was closely watching the government’s respect for rights to due process of Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa and Senator De Lima.
Hannah Neumann, an EU Parliament member from Germany and vice-chairperson of the human rights subcommittee, wants EU officials to visit the Philippines before this report. Invited as resource persons to the subcommittee meeting were former Philippine human rights commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit, political science professor Julio Teehankee, and this writer.
“Low-lying fruits” for building confidence would also include Marcos doing away with any agenda to restore the death penalty and lowering the age of criminal liability – efforts pursued by Duterte.The GSP+ is a set of economic perks the Philippines has been enjoying since 2014. It would be a blow to Marcos if these were to be temporarily withdrawn during his presidency, especially at a time when economic recovery from the pandemic is a priority for Filipinos.
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