10. November 2020 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News
Amid the pandemic, it has been difficult to document human rights violations in the context of the so-called war on drugs. People who would usually do so when they hear about a case of extrajudicial killing by taking photographs or interviewing the families of the...
10. November 2020 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
Since late 2014, the Philippines is a beneficiary of the EU trade preferences given under the GSP+ scheme which are tied to the compliance with 27 international treaties, including 7 human rights conventions. On September 16, 2020, the European Parliament adopted an...
10. November 2020 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
On October 28, 2020, Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of rappler.com spoke at a joint meeting of the EU Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and EU Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) (starting minute 10:34) about the situation for women since...
9. November 2020 | Human Rights News
According to International partners as well as partners from the Philippines cases of violence, sexual violence to the point of sexual abuse against women have increased substantially during Duterte’s regime. Especially human rights defenders are increasingly being...
9. November 2020 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
The situation for human rights defenders in the Philippines has deteriorated during the past months. The assassination of Jory Porquia has been followed by the murder of Randall Echanis and Zara Alvarez, just to name the most prominent ones. Human rights defenders...
9. November 2020 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
In the 5th SONA on July 27, 2020, President Duterte announced the reintroduction of the death penalty by lethal injection in connection with drug-related offences. Since August 5, 2020, the issue has thus been back on the House of Representatives’ agenda. The...
