Human rights experts at the United Nations called in June 2023 for an end to the global so-called “war on drugs”, which primarily affects poor and marginalised communities – such as it is the case in the Philippines. Ahead of the 2023 International Day...
On May 19, 2023, the Philippine government made a fresh attempt to challenge its commitment to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding its investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in the so-called “war on drugs” under R....
On June 7, 2023, a Philippine court rejected the application for bail of former opposition senator Leila de Lima. When she criticised human rights violations in the so-called “war on drugs” of then President Rodrigo Duterte, she was then falsely accused of...
During an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC on May 4, 2023, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. acknowledged that human rights abuses related to the so-called “war on drugs” took place under the...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared in an interview on March 28, 2023, that he would cut off communications with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The day before, the ICC rejected the government’s request to not reopen investigations into human...
Navotas Regional Trial Court Branch 287 sentenced police officer Jefrey Sumbo Perez on March 13, 2023, to “reclusion perpetua” with up to 40 years in prison for the 2017 murders of 19-year-old Carl Angelo Arnaiz and 14-year-old Reynaldo “Kulot”...
