The Arroyo government sent a 45-member official delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s recent session in Geneva which placed the Philippines under a “universal periodic review”.
Human rights lawyer Edre Olalia of the People’s UPR Watch and president of the International Association of People’s Lawyers, furnished us a copy of a list of individuals who formed part of the Philippine delegation.
The list, which came from the UNHRC, includes the following:
- Eduardo Ermita, executive secretary
- Enrique Manalo, undersecretary, Department of Foreign Affairs
- Erlinda Basilio, Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva
- Edwin Enrile, deputy executive secretary
- Cecilia Rachel Quisumbing, undersecretary, Office of the Executive Secretary
- Ricardo Blancaflor, undersecretary, Department of Justice
- Alicia Bala, undersecretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development
- Melchor Rosales, undersecretary, Department of Interior and Local Government
- Evan Garcia, assistant secretary, DFA
- Denis Lapatan, Deputy Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva
- Roberto Emmanuel Feliciano, assistant secretary, Department of National Defense
- Catherine Mae Santos, assistant secretary, National Anti-Poverty Commission
- Maria Teresa Lepatan, minister, Philippine Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva
- Josephine Reynante, director, DFA
- Ricardo Gloria Jr, director, Department of Labor and Employment
- Jesus Enrique Garcia II, third secretary, Philippine Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva
- Fortunato Abrenilla, director, National Economic Development Authority
- Herminia Angeles, state counsel, DOJ
- Emmeline Versoza, executive director, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
- Maria Elena Caraballo, deputy executive director, Council for the Welfare of Children
- Eugenio Insigne, chairman, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
- Masli Quilaman, director, NCIP
- Paulynn Sicam, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
- Sarah Sison, Presidential Human Rights Committee
- Jefferson Tecson, PHRC
- Francis Lugtu, PHRC
- Leizel Fernandez, attache, Philippine Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva
Listed as advisers were:
- Jose Perez, senior deputy court administrator, Supreme Court
- Virginia Dandan,
- Aurora Javate de Dios
Listed as delegates of the Commission on Human Rights:
- Purificacion Quisumbing, chair
- Quintin Cueto III, commissioner
- Jacqueline Veloria Mejia, executive director
- Homero Rusiana, director, Field Operations Office
- Ana Elzy Ofreneo, director, Human Rights Education and Advocacy Office
- Karen Lucia Dumpit, director, Government Linkages Office
- Maria Nerissa Piamonte, director, Strategic Development and Planning Office
- Brenda Canapi, officer-in-charge, Child Rights Center
- Maria Margarita Ardivilla, CRC
- Russel Ma-ao, officer-in-charge, Cordillera Administrative Region Regional Office
Attorney Olalia said five others were not included in the list.