CHR inquires into “red-tagging”

27. August 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On July 30, 2024, the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) launched a two-day public inquiry to investigate the practice of “red-tagging” (i.e. branding individuals or organizations as “terrorist”). Among the participants were the UN Special Rapporteur on...

Sara Duterte resigns as Secretary of Education and NTF-ELCAC Vice Chairperson

11. July 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On June 19, 2024, Sara Duterte unexpectedly announced her resignation as Secretary of Education and Vice Chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) at a press conference. “My resignation is not from a place of...

Senator Dela Rosa refuses to participate in human rights committee inquiry

11. July 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On June 25, 2024, the Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives held another hearing to investigate the drug-related killings or extrajudicial killings in the course of the so-called “war on drugs” under former President Duterte. In this third...

Fourth conviction of police officers in drug-related killing case

11. July 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On June 18, 2024, the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court convicted four police officers for the killing of Luis Bonifacio and his son Gabriel Bonifacio in 2016 during an anti-drug operation. Police Master Sergeant Virgilio Q. Servantes and Police Corporals Arnel De...

Final acquittal for Leila de Lima

11. July 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On June 24, 2024, the Muntinlupa Regional Court acquitted Philippine opposition politician and former senator Leila de Lima of the third and final charge of conspiracy to traffic drugs. The court’s decision ended a trial that lasted around seven years, of which...

House of Representatives leads inquiry into drug-related killings

21. June 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On May 22, 2024, the Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives of the Philippines launched an inquiry into the drug-related killings or extrajudicial killings in the context of the so-called “war on drugs” under the term of former President...