19. July 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a Paris-based dirty money watchdog, decided on June 25, 2021, to include the Philippines on it’s “gray list” again. After failing to properly “address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering,...
19. July 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is deeply concerned by the death of Johndy Maglinte Helis, 16 years old, and Angel Rivas, 12 years old. UNICEF calls on the Philippine government to hold accountable the officers involved and points to the Convention on the...
19. July 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Update February 2022: Election campaign On February 8, 2022, the election campaign officially began. There are now three months left for candidates to win votes from an electorate of around 65 million people. Candidates are running for more than 18,000 offices at...
19. July 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Human rights organizations, the Philippine National Commission on Human Rights (CHR), and members of the Senate and House of Representatives are concerned about the new formation of the Global Coalition of Lingkod Bayan Advocacy Support Groups and Force Multipliers...
16. June 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
With signing the Executive Order No. 30 (EO 30) on April 14, Rodrigo Duterte lifts a nine year’s ban on new mining projects. The possibility of new mining deals and the revisions of existing contracts and agreements is alarming for environmentalists. Dr. Jean Lindo,...
16. June 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Since mid-April, Community Pantries have been springing up all over the Philippines: self-organized, donation-based food distribution points to support people who have no financial means (anymore) due to the pandemic. On April 14, Ana Patricia Non initiated the first...
