13. February 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, International Institutions
The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on January 26, 2023, that it will resume its investigations into possible “crimes against humanity” under ex-President Rodrigo Duterte as part of the so-called “war on drugs.” ICC Chief...
23. January 2023 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. discussed at the EU-ASEAN Summit on December 12-14, 2022, also the Philippines’ status and new application for EU’s Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+). The GSP+ allows a duty-free import of over 6,000 products from...
15. December 2022 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
The Philippine government has invited the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, and arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, to the Philippines for 2023 as part of the United Nations Joint Programme (UNJP). The UNJP is a technical cooperation between the...
20. November 2022 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
On October 27, 2022, an interparliamentary meeting was held in Brussels with a Philippine delegation. One key topic was the status of the Philippines regarding its EU trade preferences granted under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP+); its current cycle will...
20. November 2022 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
The UN Human Right Council (UNHRC) reviewed the Philippines’ compliance with the UN human rights conventions during the 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on November 14, 2022. In the UPR process, UN member states made recommendations on how to...
20. November 2022 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
In its October 2022 report, the UN Human Rights Committee expressed its concerns about human rights violations and extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. The committee criticized especially the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 for containing...
