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The human rights situation in the Philippines became an issue in recent years with reports of rising number of victims of extra-judicial killings, prompting the United Nations to take action. The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Mr. Philip Alston, visited the Philippines in 2007 and subsequently filed a report with recommendations on how to address the situation.1 The European Union (EU), in seriously considering the situation, launched the EU-Philippine Justice Support Programme [EPJUST] to "help all stakeholders in the Philippines - in government, in the judiciary and in the Commission on Human Rights, and in civil society - to work together to address the critical issue of extra-legal killings and enforced disappearances."2 This project was formally launched on 11 February 2010 in Manila.
