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...
27. January 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On December 18, 2024, the so-called quad committee of the Philippine House of Representatives presented its first progress report on a joint investigation over the past months into the links between illegal drug trade, Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) as...
16. December 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News
The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) has set up a new task force to investigate extrajudicial killings under the former Duterte administration’s so-called “war on drugs.” On November 4, 2024, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla signed Department Order...
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,...
