19. March 2024 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
In a statement dated February 12, 2024, the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) called for a review and reassessment of the mandate of the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The CHR recommendation came after...
19. March 2024 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Shortly before his state visit to Australia at the end of February 2024, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared that he intends to hold a national referendum on the planned amendment to the country’s constitution in parallel with the mid-term elections in May...
19. March 2024 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
On 12 March 2024, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz received Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Berlin. In a subsequent press conference, the two explained that the talks centered on strengthening economic relations between the two countries, tensions and...
14. February 2024 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The “Uni-Team-Alliance” of the families of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, which helped to shape their election victory in 2022, is now facing increased internal conflicts and tensions. In January 2024, President...
14. February 2024 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
In December 2023, the Philippine government announced the resumption of peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), which had been on hold since 2018. The agreement was recorded in a joint statement on 23 November in Oslo, Norway. The...
14. February 2024 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
On January 1, 2024, the Supreme Court (SC) issued a set of procedural rules governing all petitions and applications in relation with the problematic Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020; the rules came into force on January 15. The new “Rules on the ATA of 2020 and...
