The Filipino human rights defenders visited Canada as the Philippine government was preparing to undergo a Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a state-driven process involving a review of the human rights records of all 192 United Nations (UN) member states once every four years
Ayon kay Palabay, ipinakita at ipinaabot ng 23 miyembro ng United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ang pagkabahala sa kalagayan ng karapatang pantao sa bansa sa naganap na Universal Periodic Review (UPR) sa Geneva, Switzerland kamakailan.