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. July 2021 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
Update September 2021: On September 15, 2021, the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced its decision: an investigation into crimes against humanity of murder between November 1, 2011 and March 16, 2016 will take place. In 41 pages, the...
16. July 2021 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
Duterte and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin officially nominated Harry Roque, presidential spokesman, to be elected as a member of the International Law Commission (ILC) of the United Nations (UN) in November 2021 for a five-year term starting January 2023....
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,...
