A UNITED Nations (UN) rights rapporteur must first agree to the Philippine government’s precondition before coming to the country to probe the spate of alleged human rights abuses, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. insisted on Saturday.

Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, arbitrary and summary executions, has received the official invitation from the government for her to look into the spate of alleged extrajudicial killings allegedly linked to the administration’s anti-illegal drug campaign.

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