{"id":155781,"date":"2018-03-09T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=155781"},"modified":"2018-03-09T20:12:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T01:12:13","slug":"un-human-rights-head-duterte-needs-psychiatric-examination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/09\/un-human-rights-head-duterte-needs-psychiatric-examination\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Human Rights head: Duterte needs \u2018psychiatric examination\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein (Photo<\/a>: United Nations Human Rights\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) chief, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte needs to see a psychiatrist.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese attacks cannot go unanswered, the UN Human Rights Council must take a position,\u201d Commissioner Zeid Ra\u2019ad al-Hussein said in a news conference on March 9, according to a Reuters report.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes one believe that the president needs to submit himself to some sort of psychiatric examination. This kind of comment is unacceptable, unacceptable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Zeid made the statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a petition to formally identify a UN rapporteur and 648 other individuals as terrorists.<\/p>\n

(Read: DOJ seeks to tag Joma Sison, UN rapporteur, 648 others as terrorists<\/a>)<\/p>\n

According to the petition, the list included UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Jose Maria Sison \u201cJoma\u201d Sison.<\/p>\n

Other individuals listed were communist rebels from CPP and its armed group New People\u2019s Army (NPA) a.k.a. Bagong Hukbong Bayan and National Democratic Front (NDF) peace negotiators Luis Jalandoni, Coni Ledesma, Randall Echanis, and Rafael Baylosis.<\/p>\n

This was not the first time for Zeid to criticize Duterte.<\/p>\n

In November last year, the UN Human Rights chief through his spokesperson slammed Duterte for his threats of slapping UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard.<\/p>\n

(Read: UN condemns Duterte threats vs Callamard<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe High Commissioner also deplores the repeated insults and threats of physical violence against the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, by the President of the Philippines and his supporters,\u201d Rupert Colville, spokesperson of Zeid said.<\/p>\n

In December, Zeid also said that it was \u201cunthinkable for any functioning judicial system not to launch investigative and judicial proceedings when someone has openly admitted being a killer.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was referring to Duterte\u2019s statements and speeches, admitting that he has killed people when he was the mayor of Davao city.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Davao, I used to do it personally. Just to show to the guys that, if I can do it, why can\u2019t you?\u201d Duterte said then adding, \u201cI go around in Davao with a motorcycle, with a big bike around and I would just patrol the streets and looking for trouble also. I was really looking for an encounter to be able to kill.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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