Police reward system for drug-related killings exposed

8. November 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

As part of the ongoing hearings of the so-called “Quad-Committee” of the Philippine House of Representatives to investigate human rights violations in the context of the so-called “war on drugs” under former President Duterte’s administration, former...

Call for reforms in the Philippine National Police

8. November 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has launched a comprehensive investigation into allegations by former Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido that a quota and reward system existed under the former Duterte administration as part of the anti-drug campaign. Espenido made this...

Reform of the anti-drug law required

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

At the Drug Policy and Law Reform Summit that took place from July 10 to 12, 2024, in Manila, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) declared that the government supports a reform of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Law (Republic Act 9165) and wants to revise certain...

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...