21. June 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The passing of a new ordinance (Administrative Order 22/AO22), which is intended to set up a new special committee to improve the human rights situation in the Philippines, has met with increased criticism from civil society and the government opposition. Former...
21. June 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
On May 29, 2024, as part of the 2nd Franco-German Human Rights Gathering, the Manila-based embassies of Germany and France called on the Philippine government to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance...
21. June 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News
The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 9, 2024, that it is preparing a legal brief analyzing various legal options for the issuance of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC). This initiative came against the backdrop of former...
21. June 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
In a decision dated May 8, 2024, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) declared so-called “red-tagging” (i.e., branding individuals or organizations as “terrorist”) as a threat to a person’s right to life, liberty, and security. The...
4. June 2024 | Aktuelles, News
In a statement, the Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte Philippinen (AMP/Action Network Human Rights Philippines) strongly condemns the fabricated charges, filed on May 8, 2024, against 27 individuals affiliated with the organization Community Empowerment Resource Network...
17. May 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On May 8, 2024, the Supreme Court (SC) issued a landmark ruling declaring so-called “red-tagging” (i.e., branding individuals or organizations as “terrorist”) as a “threat to a person’s right to life, liberty or security, which may justify the issuance of a writ...
