Government launches new anti-drug program

15. December 2022 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

The Philippine Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) officially launched the new government anti-drug program on November 26, 2022. The program, Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayaw (Take care of life, Don’t want drugs), is intended to take a...

Second “war on drugs” conviction

15. December 2022 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

After five years, the Regional Trial Court Branch 122 in Caloocan City convicted patrolman Jefrey Perez for torturing 19-year-old Carl Angelo Arnaiz and 14-year-old Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman in 2017. Aside from life imprisonment on two occasions, the court ordered on...

UN Human Rights Council urges Philippine government to end impunity

20. November 2022 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions

The UN Human Right Council (UNHRC) reviewed the Philippines’ compliance with the UN human rights conventions during the 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on November 14, 2022. In the UPR process, UN member states made recommendations on how to...

Police chief wants to reform anti-drug campaign through “holistic” approach

24. October 2022 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. announced on October 3, 2022, that he intends to copy the strategy of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in combating the country’s illegal drug problem. In...

Marcos government rejects ICC investigation, extrajudicial killings continue

19. September 2022 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News

On 8 September 2022, the Philippine government announced that it would reject the request of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reopen the investigation into the numerous extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the context of former President...

President Marcos has no intention to rejoin the International Criminal Court

15. August 2022 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, International Institutions

On August 1, 2022, President Marcos announced that the Philippines has no intention to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC). He claims that the government was already investigating the alleged crimes under the previous Duterte administration in the context of...