8. November 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
In a recent report, the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) warns that Philippine government officials and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) have increasingly been harassing trade union leaders through the...
8. November 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has launched a comprehensive investigation into allegations by former Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido that a quota and reward system existed under the former Duterte administration as part of the anti-drug campaign. Espenido made this...
8. November 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, International Institutions
On October 22, 2024, Philippine politician and former senator Leila de Lima called on the Philippine government to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC). Speaking before the members of the four committees of the House of Representatives (“Quad-Committee”), she...
27. September 2024 | Aktuelles, News, Press release
Two years into President Marcos Jr.’s administration, the human rights situation in the Philippines has not improved significantly. Many members of the international community, however, are intensifying their diplomatic relations with the Philippine government. In its...
27. August 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On August 6, 2024, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a resolution (House Resolution 1880) that provides for the formation of a new “super committee.” This body combines four committees – dangerous drugs, public order and security, human...
27. August 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
At the Drug Policy and Law Reform Summit that took place from July 10 to 12, 2024, in Manila, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) declared that the government supports a reform of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Law (Republic Act 9165) and wants to revise certain...
