Investigation into drug-related killings links with offshore gaming operators

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...

Philippine Human Rights Plan to start end of 2024

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

In a joint statement on the end of the UN Joint Programme on Human Rights (UNJP) in July 2024, the Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) and the UN Office in Manila announced on August 8, 2024, that the Philippine government will present a comprehensive and...

SONA: Marcos Jr. says drug war is “bloodless”

27. August 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On July 22, 2024, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. praised the successes of his anti-drug campaign in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Manila. He referred to the arrest of 97,000 drug dealers and record quantities of seized illegal drugs worth 44 billion...

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...