17. May 2024 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
On May 8, 2024, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. formed the Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination under Administrative Order No. 22 (AO22) to “enhance the mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines.” This so-called “super...
26. April 2024 | "War on Drugs", AMP in the press, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, mayor of Davao City, announced a so-called “war on drugs” for his city on March 22, 2024, and warned that drug suspects would be killed if they did not stop dealing drugs or leave the city. Two days after the...
26. April 2024 | Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs, News
On March 14, 2024, the International Rivers Day, indigenous communities and environmentalists gathered in front of the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to protest against the construction projects of megadam and hydropower plants....
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...
