On April 11, 2008 the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Philippines.  Member states plan to carefully look at the human rights record of the Philippines in a three-hour meeting in Geneva.  The “disappearances” and killings of countless politicians,social activists, and journalists should be at the center of discussion at the Review in Geneva. The Philippines is the first country to be examined under the Universal Periodic Review and will serve as a precedent for future countries called into Review by the Human Rights Council.