Govt urged to honor UN commitment

CITING reports showing evidence that child rights violations continue to persist despite key achievements in protecting the young’s rights in the Philippines, advocates on Thursday urged President Benigno Aquino 3rd to use the remaining days of his term to fulfill the country’s commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The group Bata Muna called on the President to prevent retrogressions in realization of children’s rights and appealed to him to step up actions to ensure that policies needed are put in place before he leaves Malacañang in 2016.