{"id":167784,"date":"2018-06-23T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T12:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167784"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:33:20","slug":"palace-to-un-no-need-to-remind-us-were-probing-hr-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/23\/palace-to-un-no-need-to-remind-us-were-probing-hr-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace to UN: \u2018No need to remind us, we\u2019re probing HR abuses\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_160910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160910\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-160910\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this comment after the SC rejected Sereno\u2019s motion for reconsideration to reverse its decision granting the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida against her appointment as chief magistrate. (PCOO photo)\" width=\"1350\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the government has its own human rights inventory to determine if law enforcement authorities comply with th rule of law and due process (PCOO photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Saturday shrugged off the joint statement made by 38 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) urging the Philippine government to stop the alleged extrajudicial killings in its crackdown against illegal drugs, saying there is no need for a reminder.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the government has its own human rights inventory to determine if law enforcement authorities comply with the rule of law and due process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Well, maski po walang ganyang panawagan eh talaga naman pong ipinatutupad ng Kongreso ang batas<\/em>\u00a0(even without such a call, Congress is already implementing the law),\u201d Roque said in a message to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>May imbentaryo kami nung mga napatay diumano sa giyera laban sa droga para malaman namin kung talagang nasunod ba ang tamang proseso o hindi<\/em>\u00a0(We have records of those allegedly killed in the war against drugs to find out if the right process was followed or not),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Roque further said that the government does not need to be reminded by foreigners since it was already doing its job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Hindi namin kinakailangan ang panawagan ng mga dayuhan. Ginagawa na po namin &#8216;yan maski walang ganyang panawagan<\/em>\u00a0(We don\u2019t need to be called out by foreigners. We\u2019re already doing that even without their call),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>On June 19, the UNHRC urged the Philippine government to end its war on drugs and also participate in its efforts to investigate all alleged deaths linked to the aggressive drug campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the government of the Philippines to take all necessary measures to bring killings associated with the campaign against illegal drugs to an end and cooperate with the international community to investigate all related deaths and hold perpetrators accountable,\u201d the UNHRC member states said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile acknowledging that drug use in the Philippines is a serious problem, actions to tackle drug abuse must be carried out in full respect of the rule of law and compliance with international human rights obligations,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clomiphene online <a href=\"https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clomiphene.html\">https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clomiphene.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Last March, Malaca\u00f1ang bared that the UN is looking for another special rapporteur to investigate the anti-narcotics drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last word that I had with the SFA (Secretary of Foreign Affairs) in this regard is, apparently the UN Secretary General (Antonio Guterres) said that they will be proposing names. We\u2019re waiting (for) the names,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace media briefing last March 8.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vilitra online <a href=\"https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html\">https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Malaca\u00f1ang earlier slammed special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Agnes Callamard for coming unannounced \u201cat that time when we were in the process of negotiating her investigation into the drug war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Callamard visited the Philippines in May 2017 to attend a forum on illegal drugs at the invitation of a group critical of Duterte. She did not inform the government of her visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot forgive Callamard. She entered the Philippines uninvited and made her conclusions as if she already made investigation. Maybe it will take time before the wounds caused by Callamard\u2019s action would heal,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>Roque, however, said that Callamard is still welcome to visit the Philippines as a tourist, so long as she does not make it appear that her visit was done as part of an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is welcome because we welcome all tourists.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort online <a href=\"https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort.html\">https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> But she should not make it appear that she is investigating when she visits because visiting the Philippines is not equivalent to investigating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Saturday shrugged off the joint statement made by 38 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":160910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[15359,24719],"class_list":["post-167784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-harry-roque","tag-united-nations-human-rights-council","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284240,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167784\/revisions\/284240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}