What makes it so difficult for us to understand this Declaration, its universality and how to view our fundamental sameness relative to our differences? We are all humans. To deserve global respect, you must begin to follow his example – committing to the spirit and letter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yours will in the end become a mouse-like global reputation, never the fine example of the leader you think you are – and never even close to a Mandela. But we know all you’ve done is copy the behaviour of previous generations of once strong, but ultimately catastrophic, leaders and politicians. You may congratulate yourselves for this and you may think yourself so clever for it. To them I say: you may seize power, or stubbornly hold onto it, by playing on and stoking the fears of your followers. While some do this more openly than others, all are well aware what they practise comes at the expense of vulnerable humans. Authoritarian in nature, many of them are wily political in-fighters, but most are of thin mind and faint humanity – prone to fan division and intolerance and just for the sake of securing their political ambition. We spoke of his example his fortitude, his suffering and compassion, while recalling also the declaration that he and my predecessor Mary Robinson signed in 2000 on diversity and tolerance.Īnd it was right for us – not just to have remembered Mandela’s greatness, but to have, almost unconsciously, contrasted it with all the narrow politicians who continue to proliferate across the face of the world. Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al HusseinĪ few days ago, we celebrated the centenary year of Nelson Mandela’s birth.
#War of rights update update
Item 2: Annual Report and Oral Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his Office and recent human rights developments United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has defended the crackdown as “lawfully directed against drug lords and pushers who have for many years destroyed the present generation, specially the youth. He said that he would ask the Philippines “to provide substantiating information regarding the investigations and proceedings” it mentions in its request seeking deferral. Khan said in a statement that the nations seeking a deferral need to provide evidence of “concrete and progressive investigative steps” against suspects or alleged acts that fall under the ICC investigation. Under the court’s rules, a country can request deferral of an investigation if it is already investigating the crimes.
The ICC is a court of last resort for cases that countries are unwilling or unable to prosecute. Khan said that while his investigation, authorized by the court's judges just over two months ago, must now be temporarily suspended, his office “will continue its analysis of information already in its possession and any new information it may receive from third parties.” “The court may only exercise jurisdiction where national legal systems fail to do so, which is certainly not the case in the Philippines,” the letter said, citing domestic investigations.
10 that it already is investigating the crimes and so the international court doesn't have jurisdiction. The Philippines argues in a letter to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan dated Nov. The request will delay and could even halt altogether the ICC probe into the deadly crackdown. THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Philippines has asked the International Criminal Court to defer its crimes against humanity investigation linked to the country's deadly “war on drugs,” the court's chief prosecutor announced Tuesday. The request will delay the international probe into the deadly crackdown. The Philippine government has asked the International Criminal Court to defer its crimes against humanity investigation linked to the country's "war on drugs," the court's chief prosecutor announced Tuesday, Nov. FILE - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he addresses land reform beneficiaries on the 31st year of the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, Aug.
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