16. December 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On November 13, 2024, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte testified in a hearing of the so-called “Quad Committee” in the House of Representatives on human rights violations in the so-called “war on drugs” during his term of office. Duterte admitted that...
16. December 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
During a Senate hearing on October 28, 2024, the Chairperson of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Richard Palpal-latoc, reported that the Philippine National Police (PNP) often refuses to cooperate with the CHR. The lack of access to police reports,...
8. November 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
So far, former President Rodrigo Duterte has not participated in the hearings of the so-called “Quad-Committee” of the Philippine House of Representatives on extrajudicial killings in the context of his anti-drug campaign but made a shocking statement as part of a...
8. November 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
As part of the ongoing hearings of the so-called “Quad-Committee” of the Philippine House of Representatives to investigate human rights violations in the context of the so-called “war on drugs” under former President Duterte’s administration, former...
8. November 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has launched a comprehensive investigation into allegations by former Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido that a quota and reward system existed under the former Duterte administration as part of the anti-drug campaign. Espenido made this...
8. November 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, International Institutions
On October 22, 2024, Philippine politician and former senator Leila de Lima called on the Philippine government to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC). Speaking before the members of the four committees of the House of Representatives (“Quad-Committee”), she...