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(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla is set to meet with visiting United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, the Department of Justice said. According to DOJ spokesperson Mico Clavano, the meeting will take place next week, on Thursday. “The purpose of the meeting is for Secretary Remulla to express his gratitude to the UN representative for visiting the Philippines and to answer any questions she may […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Dec. 20, slammed the call of United Nations special rapporteur Michael Forst for the Philippines to “end immediately all forms of violations against human rights defenders..,” calling it “irresponsible” and “reckless.” In the first place, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that if Forst had checked his facts first, he would have seen the “so-called human rights defenders never had it so good under the Duterte administration.” “They continue […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has declared Satur Ocampo and several others, including a United Nations rapporteur, as “non-parties” to the government’s plea Communist rebels be tagged as terrorists. Apart from the former Bayan Muna representative, Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 19 declared UN Special Rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and former Baguio City councilor Jose Melencio Molintas as non-parties, noting that there was no proof in the DOJ petition that Molintas and Corpuz were indeed officers of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, June 1, slammed United Nations Special Rapporteur Diego Garcia-Sayan after he said President Rodrigo Duterte’s “vulgar” pronouncements against Maria Lourdes Sereno “constitute direct intimidation” and “a vicious attack on the independence of the judiciary.” “We reiterate that the President’s dislike of the ousted Chief Justice is not an attack on the judiciary or an affront to judicial independence,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. He said the executive “recognizes […]
(Eagle News) – “The call to impeach the Chief Justice did not originate from the Executive.” This was how Malacanang rebuked the move of various lawyers’ groups to submit a report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego Sayan, complaining about President Rodrigo’s remarks against Chief Justice on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., also noted that Sereno’s fellow justices in the Supreme Court […]
(Eagle News) — Some lawyers’ groups have asked the United Nations Special Rapporteur to “take urgent action” on President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncements that they allege “punctuate the long-winded attacks on judicial independence…” “The recent tirades of the President against the Chief Justice do not sound at all foreboding..,” the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Alternative Law Groups, the leftist National Union of People’s Lawyers, Ateneo Human Rights Center, Free Legal Assistance Group, Manananggol Laban sa […]
(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 […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pahihintulutan na ng Malacañang ang United Nation special rapporteur na imbestigahan ang mga umano’y paglabag sa karapatang pantao at sinasabing extra judicial killings na iniuugnay sa anti-drug war ni Pangulong Rodirgo Duterte. PHL, tumangging si Callamard ang ipadala ng UN Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na maaaring magimbestiga ang UN special rapporteur sa isyu ng war on drug ng Duterte Administration pero hindi si Agnes Callamard ang dapat na […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A party-list lawmaker expressed his disagreement to calls of protest groups to declare United Nations Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard as persona non grata. AKO Bicol party-list Representative Rodel Batocabe said that this move would only result in image problems for the Philippines, and would cast doubt on the country’s democracy. Batocabe said that Callamard should be allowed to express her opinions so government can rebut them. Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial […]
(Eagle News) — What better ways are there? This was the reaction of the Philippine National Police to a statement from United Nations Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard that there were “better options” to addressing the illegal drug problem. Callamard made the statement during a forum on drug policies at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City on Friday. She clarified, however, that she was in the country only for “academic” purposes. Last year, the government invited Callamard […]
