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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police will no longer present arrested suspects before the media. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde said on Monday, June 11, that the policy was in line with a memorandum issued by the PNP leadership in 2008 that said that such a presentation was a violation of the rights of the suspects. Albayalde made the statement on the same day the Eastern Police District announced the arrest of […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has set oral arguments for the petition seeking to have the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court declared as invalid. Oral arguments on the petition for certiorari and mandamus filed by Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV were slated on July 24, at 2 p.m., at the SC’s session hall. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has urged a probe into what she said were the recent spate of killings against members of the legal profession. “Since the beginning of this administration, in spite of constant calls for action to protect members of legal profession, the numbers of lawyers killed have increased and without any significant executive or legislative action taken,” De Lima said in filing Senate Resolution No. (SRN) 668. De Lima cited […]
(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima has filed a bill to ensure the protection of what she said were the rights of “human rights defenders.” De Lima said Senate Bill 1699 was filed after the “obsessive attacks against” the “concepts and principles”of “human rights defenders” like herself, “led by no less than the President himself.” Under the measure, she said the rights of these “defenders” include their right to seek and receive information, their […]
Says he will convince other countries to pull out from tribunal (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday slammed the Rome Statute that establishes the International Criminal Court, and the tribunal, noting that he would convince other countries to “get out” of the same. “The treaty is bull(s**t),” Duterte said in his speech during the graduation of the Philippine Military Academy Alab Tala Class of 2018. According to the President, the ICC was European Union-sponsored, and […]
Says UN rapporteurs should be “impartial, neutral, willing to investigate,” though (Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday said it would still welcome a United Nations inquiry into the government’s war on drugs despite a pronouncement of the UN human rights chief against President Rodrigo Duterte. Roque said, however, that the UN special rapporteurs who, if ever, will look into the same should be “impartial, neutral, and willing to investigate rather than (already have) conclusions and […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday that United Nations human rights mechanisms were built around sovereignty, and will not work if rapporteurs themselves are “untrustworthy.” Roque issued the statement in response to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte, after the Philippines’ chief executive instructed the police not to cooperate in any human rights investigation. “Hindi ko po dini-dispute na may obligasyon ang gobyerno […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that the International Criminal Court (ICC) “will never ever acquire jurisdiction” over him. In a speech during the 145th Founding Anniversary and the 2nd Kanlahi Festival at the Bulwagang Kanlahi in Tarlac City, Duterte stressed how the ICC which is currently investigating alleged crimes against humanity in the Philippines has no jurisdiction over him. “They want me hailed before the ICC. Ayaw ko lang sabihin ngayon, but […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday again accused the United Nations of interfering in the country’s affairs. “When the human rights or whoever is that rapporteur arrives, my order to you is, do not answer… Who are they and who are you to interfere in the way I would run my country?” Duterte said in a speech before policemen in Davao City. Duterte made the comment after Iceland Foreign Minister Gudlaugur thor Thordarson called on the Philippines to […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, February 27, that the Philippines was ready to have its human rights records scrutinized. But Cayetano also called on the UN council to also hear the side of the Philippine government and to not just listen to “critics who have politicized and even weaponized the issue.” He also appealed to the Council […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang stressed that any investigation that would be conducted by the United Nations Special Rapporteur “should have the proper consent from the state party,” as it questioned the credibility and character of UN rapporteur Agnes Callamard. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the UN Special Rapporteur system requires this “consent” from the state party. “To those familiar with the Special Rapporteur’s system, all investigations must be consented to by state […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea has denounced US President Donald Trump’s administration as a “gross violator of human rights,” its state media reported Wednesday. The official Korean Central News Agency released its English-language report on Pyongyang’s annual white paper on US human rights violations as Trump began his State of the Union speech, in which he condemned the North. North Korea’s human rights record is heavily criticized by both the United States and […]
