THE Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and five other lawyers’ groups have called on the United Nations to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration for relentless threats and harassment against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and lawyers who have been critical of his leadership.

The IBP, National Union of People’s Lawyers, Alternative Law Groups, Ateneo Human Rights center, Free Legal Assistance Groups, Manananggol Laban sa extrajudicial killings and International Pro Bono Alliance made the call in a report submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur detailing the President’s attacks against Sereno and the entire judiciary, including threats to strike at the Chief Justice (Upakan kita, talagang uupakan kita), tagging her as an enemy who needs to be ousted from the Supreme Court, asking the House of Representatives to fast track the impeachment of Sereno, calling her “ignorant and dumb and who should resign from her post,” among others.