28. April 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore criticised that the two convictions in the so-called “war on drugs” under ex-President Duterte are “not enough” to justify an improvement of the human rights situation, considering the at...
28. April 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
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”...
20. March 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
The Philippine government filed an appeal with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the reopening of the ICC investigation into alleged crimes against humanity on March 13, 2023. In its appeal brief, the government argues that the ICC probe would “lack legal...
13. February 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
In its 2023 World Report, the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a review of the human rights violations in the Philippines in 2022. In a press conference on January 12, 2023, HRW called on the new government under President Marcos to provide justice to...
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 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
An initiative of the Paghilom Program was able to achieve, with the legal support of the organization IDEALS, Inc., the correction of a forged death certificate of a victim of the so-called “war on drugs” in December 2022. 9-year-old Lenin Baylon died in...
