27. August 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, International Institutions
On July 31, 2024, the UN Joint Programme on Human Rights (UNJP), a three-year technical cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and the Philippines, came to an end. The aim of the UNJP was to support the Philippine government in its investigations into...
21. June 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
On May 29, 2024, as part of the 2nd Franco-German Human Rights Gathering, the Manila-based embassies of Germany and France called on the Philippine government to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance...
17. May 2024 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
The US Department of State’s report on the human rights situation in the Philippines in 2023, published on April 22, 2024, found that human rights violations continued to occur under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Furthermore, the annual...
17. May 2024 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
On April 24, 2024, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV stated on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that over 50 active and former Philippine National Police (PNP) officers have been contacted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their involvement...
17. May 2024 | "War on Drugs", Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
A few days after the US State Department published its report, Amnesty International presented its annual report “The State of the World’s Human Rights” on April 23, 2024. The report underlined that drug-related killings or extrajudicial killings in the context...
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...
