During the International Human Rights Day, Malaca\u00f1ang said that the best way for the rights of every individual to be truly experienced is by eradicating poverty in the country.<\/p>\n
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the Duterte administration is doubling up efforts to uplift the less privileged Filipinos, the poor, the marginalized, and most vulnerable by promoting their best interests.<\/p>\n
In saying most vulnerable, Roque meant the women and children in crisis situations, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, migrant workers, older persons, and people and communities displaced by natural and human-induced calamities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best way to do this is to ensure government efficiency and effectiveness that will translate to every Filipino getting a fighting chance to overcome poverty, to uplift one\u2019s status in society and to live a life with higher dignity,\u201d Roque said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat direction is what inspires the government\u2019s compliance with its human rights obligations. As a Nobel Peace Prize winner once said, \u2018poverty is the absence of human rights,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Roque said the government shall strive to bestow upon every Filipino an equal share in the nation\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we are pleased that this direction has been accepted by no less than the highest peer review body in the world on all matters of human rights, which is the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), when it unanimously accepted and commended the Outcome Report on the Philippines\u2019 Universal Periodic Review this year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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