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...

Final acquittal for Leila de Lima

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

On June 24, 2024, the Muntinlupa Regional Court acquitted Philippine opposition politician and former senator Leila de Lima of the third and final charge of conspiracy to traffic drugs. The court’s decision ended a trial that lasted around seven years, of which...

House of Representatives leads inquiry into drug-related killings

21. June 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

On May 22, 2024, the Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives of the Philippines launched an inquiry into the drug-related killings or extrajudicial killings in the context of the so-called “war on drugs” under the term of former President...

Department of Justice examines potential ICC arrest warrants

21. June 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News

The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 9, 2024, that it is preparing a legal brief analyzing various legal options for the issuance of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC). This initiative came against the backdrop of former...

US report: No significant changes of human rights situation in Philippines

17. May 2024 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions

The US Department of State’s report on the human rights situation in the Philippines in 2023, published on April 22, 2024, found that human rights violations continued to occur under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Furthermore, the annual...

Amnesty International calls for a clear end to the “war on drugs”

17. May 2024 | "War on Drugs", Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions

A few days after the US State Department published its report, Amnesty International presented its annual report “The State of the World’s Human Rights” on April 23, 2024. The report underlined that drug-related killings or extrajudicial killings in the context...