In the Philippines, tensions between the influential Duterte and Marcos political families have increased again. Vice President Sara Duterte said during a press conference in Manila on October 18, 2024 that she was considering digging up the body of Ferdinand Marcos...
As part of the ongoing hearings of the so-called “Quad-Committee” of the Philippine House of Representatives to investigate human rights violations in the context of the so-called “war on drugs” under former President Duterte’s administration, former...
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...
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...
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...
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...
