Presumptive Presidential Rodrigo Duterte is hugged by a supporter before attending a forum at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City in this Feb. 18 file photo. (AP)
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday ruled that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte violated the Magna Carta of Women when he gave a controversial comment on the rape and killing of an Australian missionary.
The Commission said that the “words and actions of Mayor Duterte (were) discriminatory of women that is enjoined by the Magna Carta of Women.”
The CHR resolution suggested that the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) take appropriate measures.
“The CHR has the sacred constitutional duty to protect human rights and to call out persons when these rights are violated no matter what their position in society may be,” Chairperson Chito Gascon said in a statement.
“The Commission believes that this mandate does not exculpate Mayor Duterte from acts committed or words uttered in the course of the electoral campaign when they involve breaches to fundamental rights, in this case, the prohibition of gender-based discrimination and violence,”he added.