Investigation into drug-related killings links with offshore gaming operators

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...

Reform of the anti-drug law required

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...

SONA: Marcos Jr. says drug war is “bloodless”

27. August 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On July 22, 2024, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. praised the successes of his anti-drug campaign in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Manila. He referred to the arrest of 97,000 drug dealers and record quantities of seized illegal drugs worth 44 billion...

UNP ends, government praises successes

27. August 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, International Institutions

On July 31, 2024, the UN Joint Programme on Human Rights (UNJP), a three-year technical cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and the Philippines, came to an end. The aim of the UNJP was to support the Philippine government in its investigations into...

Senator Dela Rosa refuses to participate in human rights committee inquiry

11. July 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On June 25, 2024, the Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives held another hearing to investigate the drug-related killings or extrajudicial killings in the course of the so-called “war on drugs” under former President Duterte. In this third...

Fourth conviction of police officers in drug-related killing case

11. July 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On June 18, 2024, the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court convicted four police officers for the killing of Luis Bonifacio and his son Gabriel Bonifacio in 2016 during an anti-drug operation. Police Master Sergeant Virgilio Q. Servantes and Police Corporals Arnel De...