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...
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...
21. June 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The passing of a new ordinance (Administrative Order 22/AO22), which is intended to set up a new special committee to improve the human rights situation in the Philippines, has met with increased criticism from civil society and the government opposition. Former...
21. June 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
In a decision dated May 8, 2024, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) declared so-called “red-tagging” (i.e., branding individuals or organizations as “terrorist”) as a threat to a person’s right to life, liberty, and security. The...
17. May 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On May 8, 2024, the Supreme Court (SC) issued a landmark ruling declaring so-called “red-tagging” (i.e., branding individuals or organizations as “terrorist”) as a “threat to a person’s right to life, liberty or security, which may justify the issuance of a writ...
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...
