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...
27. August 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On August 6, 2024, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a resolution (House Resolution 1880) that provides for the formation of a new “super committee.” This body combines four committees – dangerous drugs, public order and security, human...
27. August 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
At the Drug Policy and Law Reform Summit that took place from July 10 to 12, 2024, in Manila, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) declared that the government supports a reform of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Law (Republic Act 9165) and wants to revise certain...