Statement of Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit, Focal Commissioner on Gender Equality and LGBTQI’s Human Rights, on the grant of full pardon to US Marine PFC Joseph Scott Pemberton
As Gender Ombud, the Commission on Human Rights expresses its dismay and utter disappointment over the Chief Executive’s grant of full pardon to US Marine PFC Joseph Scott Pemberton, the American service member guilty of killing Jennifer Laude. The Commission recognises the scope of the Chief Executive’s power to grant pardon. However, there is still […]