14. April 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions, News
Former President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent arrest over alleged crimes against humanity and transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in March 2025 has raised the stakes for the midterm elections that will take place in the Philippines on May 12,...
14. April 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
Following his arrest on March 11, 2025, former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is now in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Netherlands. He awaits trial at the Hague Penitentiary Institution for crime against humanity of murder,...
17. March 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, International Institutions
After receiving an international arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity, delivered by Interpol, the Philippine authorities arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila on March 11, 2025. Duterte was...
17. February 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Philippine House of Representatives’ so-called quad committee called for a reinvestigation into the extrajudicial killings (EJK) linked to the so-called “war on drugs” of former President Rodrigo Duterte. Several members of the committee brought up the idea...
17. February 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
In its World Report 2025, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stressed that Philippine President Marcos Jr. “initiated some human rights improvements in 2024 but failed to address past and ongoing violations.” Drug-related and extrajudicial killings associated with the so-called...
27. January 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, International Institutions
The International Criminal Court (ICC) launched an appeal on November 29, 2024 to obtain further information from Philippine police officers and other state security forces on the human rights violations in the context of the so-called “war on drugs.” The...
