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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
