During the 136th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva last Oct. 11, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla reiterated the government’s position that the International Criminal Court (ICC) “has ceased having jurisdiction” over the Philippines. This lacks context.
Sa ika-136 na sesyon ng United Nations Human Rights Committee sa Geneva noong Oktubre 11, muling iginiit ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla ang posisyon ng gobyerno na ang International Criminal Court (ICC) ay “nawalan na ng hurisdiksyon” sa Pilipinas. Ito ay kulang sa konteksto.
This time, President Duterte is telling the truth: he has killed people without the victim or victims going through due process.
Sinasabi ng mga abogado puwede pagpalitin ang mga termino, na may halos walang pagkakaiba sa pagitan ng mga ito.
“EJK” is the more popular term, but “ELK” is more commonly used in legal documents as it is broader, and “embraces any situation where somebody was killed without due process,” said lawyer Romel Bagares.
Inulit ang maling pahayag na unang ginawa ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, si Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa naman ang nagbigay ng depinisyon ng extrajudicial killings (EJKs) sa pamamagitan ng di-wastong pag gamit ng administrative order ni Benigno S. Aquino III.
The SC in a 2007 ruling defined EJKs as “killings committed without due process of law.”
When things are difficult, you laugh and you sing.
The glare of a drugstore sign floods the street, shining on the lifeless body of a man sprawled on the wet concrete, a crime scene cordoned off by the usual police tape and curious bystanders who have gathered to ogle the latest victim in the government’s war against drugs.
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IN trying to control damage wrought by the President Duterte’s verbal rampage against the United Nations in the early hours Sunday, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay, Jr. on Monday chose to put the blame on media. “It was done in the wee hours of the morning and he was very tired,
