A/HRC/RES/41/2 rights of indigenous peoples and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Welcoming the statements made by the Government of the Philippines expressing its willingness to welcome independents experts from the United Nations to conduct an objective assessment of the situation of human rights in the country, Noting with appreciation the adoption in June 2019 by the House of Representatives of the Philippines of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, 1. Urges the Government of the Philippines to take all necessary measures to prevent extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, to carry out impartial investigations and to hold perpetrators accountable, in accordance with international norms and standards, including on due process and the rule of law; 2. Calls upon the Government of the Philippines to cooperate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, including by facilitating country visits and preventing and refraining from all acts of intimidation or retaliation; 3. Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a comprehensive written report on the situation of human rights in the Philippines and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session, to be followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue. 37th meeting 11 July 2019 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 18 to 14, with 15 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Fiji, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay Against: Angola, Bahrain, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Hungary, India, Iraq, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia Abstaining: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Japan, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia] 2

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