By Prince Golez
Malacañang has called on the United Nations (UN) human rights experts to respect the Philippine judicial system.
This, after the group of 11 special rapporteurs urged UN member states to “initiate, whenever possible, governmental sanctions and criminal prosecution against individual Philippine officials who have committed, incited or failed to prevent human rights abuses.”
On Friday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque assured that the country has a “working and independent” judiciary that deals with human rights violators, regardless whether they are political allies or foes.
“The conclusions they have reached and the sanctions they have demanded confirm the lack of impartiality that has unfortunately tainted the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations when it comes to the Duterte Administration,” said Roque.
The Philippines, he added, has continuously discharged its obligations to punish violations of human rights.
“We have legislation and mechanisms against torture and enforced disappearances, laws to the enforce international humanitarian law, and penal laws that have been crafted to protect and promote human rights as enshrined in our Constitution,” the Palace official pointed out.
“As we said in our response to the Office of the High Commissioner’s report, issued in early June, our courts stand ready to receive and rule on any complaints,” Roque said.
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Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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