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  1. The human rights consequences of the war on drugs in the Philippines

    Although internationally condemned for the war on drugs, President Duterte remains highly popular in the Philippines, with 80 percent of Filipinos still expressing "much trust" for him after a ...

  2. Philippine drug war

    The Philippine drug war, known as the War on Drugs, is the intensified anti-drug campaign that began during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, who served office from June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2022.The campaign reduced drug proliferation in the country, [23] but has been marred by extrajudicial killings allegedly perpetrated by the police and unknown assailants. [24]

  3. Years Later, Philippines Reckons With Duterte's Brutal Drug War

    June 29, 2024. When Rodrigo Duterte was running for president eight years ago, he vowed to order the police and the military to find drug users and traffickers to kill them, promising immunity for ...

  4. Philippines: 'Drug War' Killings Rise During Pandemic

    (Manila, January 13, 2021) - The Philippine government's "drug war" killings intensified during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, ... In his introductory essay, ...

  5. "Our Happy Family Is Gone": Impact of the "War on Drugs" on Children in

    Summary. Thousands of people in the Philippines have been killed since President Rodrigo Duterte launched his "war on drugs" on June 30, 2016, the day he took office. Among those who died have ...

  6. Confronting the Philippines' war on drugs: A literature review

    The War on Drugs unleashed an unprecedented level of violence while enjoying high public approval in the Philippines throughout Duterte's presidency. Scholars from a variety of disciplines grappled with understanding the significance and impact of the War on Drugs, generating a substantial literature.

  7. Human Rights and Duterte's War on Drugs

    December 16, 2016 3:56 pm (EST) Since becoming president of the Philippines in June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte has launched a war on drugs that has resulted in the extrajudicial deaths of thousands of ...

  8. Philippines drugs war: UN report criticises 'permission to kill'

    Thousands of people have been killed amid "near impunity" for offenders in the war the Philippines has waged on illegal drugs since 2016, the UN says. Its report levelled heavy criticism at ...

  9. Human Rights Consequences of the "War on Drugs" in the Philippines

    Since taking office, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has unleashed a human rights calamity. The government's murderous "war on drugs," drug-related overcrowding of jails, and the ...

  10. PDF The Philippines' War on Drugs (Read: The Poor): The Erosion of the Rule

    THE PHILIPPINES' WAR ON DRUGS (READ: THE POOR): THE EROSION OF THE RULE OF LAW AND THE VIOLATION OF CHILDREN'S HUMAN RIGHTS — 7 — First, I situate the Philippines' war on drugs and illustrate its devasting impacts on the poor and children with a particular focus on EJKs of suspected drug dealers and users.

  11. The Sunday Story: Life in the Shadow of the Philippines' Drug War

    Tin Serioso, 27, with her 1-year-old daughter Cat and 6-year-old Jay, inside their home in Novaliches, Quezon City in the Philippines on April 4, 2024. Her husband Chrismel Serioso was killed by ...

  12. A World Court Inches Closer To A Reckoning In The Philippines' War On Drugs

    Edcel C. Lagman, a long-serving member of the Philippine Congress, recently wrote in the Manila Times that the ammunition needed in this war includes drug-abuse prevention education, skill ...

  13. The Philippine War on Drugs

    The Philippines, Asia/Pacific. The Philippine War on Drugs refers to the violence inflicted upon suspected drug affiliates by former President Rodrigo Duterte's administration. Duterte enforced a hard stance on eradication over rehabilitation when dealing with the crisis. Since June 2016, thousands of people have been killed by police in drug ...

  14. Thousands died in the Philippines' 'war on drugs.' An international

    Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Tuesday, July 18, 2023, that an investigation into the Philippines so-called "war on drugs" can resume, rejecting Manila's objections to the case going ahead at the global court. (Richard Madelo/ Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP, File)

  15. Dissonant Narratives of the Philippine War on Drugs

    by Filomin C. Gutierrez. June 26, 2020. When Rodrigo Duterte assumed the presidency in the Philippines in July 2016, a war on drugs was immediately cascaded into Philippine communities. This campaign saw members of the Philippine National Police coaxing drug users to voluntarily surrender and pledge to cease the habit, with over a million ...

  16. (PDF) Bloody Rody: A Policy Analysis of the Philippines' War on Drugs

    The many political forces in support for and against Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs present a key challenge in drug policy analysis. As a highly politicized issue, drug policy concerns include ...

  17. Philippines' War on Drugs: Its Implications to Human Rights in Social

    Since President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's ascension to the presidency in July 2016, he weaves and pursues his own brand of authoritarianism. Riding on his popularity, he raises the issue of illegal drugs as a question of national survival for the nation. With this obsession, Duterte has unleashed the entire police force with the state's resources on his war on drugs. In more than a year of its ...

  18. Drug War On The Philippines Essay

    The Filipino government is waging a war on drugs that is causing thousands of deaths and widespread fear across the country. The Filipino government is waging this war on drugs because they blame drugs abuse for a recent epidemic of crime, including rape, theft, and robbery. Since Duterte's war began, there have been about 1,900 drug related ...

  19. Duterte's War

    Inside the bloody drug crackdown in the Philippines. ... a Philippine mayor fights drug-war violence. Full Story. March 16, 2017. 2016 coverage of Duterte's War on ...

  20. Essay About The Drug War in The Philippines

    Essay about the drug war in the Philippines - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. President Duterte plans to bring the Philippine National Police (PNP) back into the war on drugs, over a month after directing the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to lead the campaign.

  21. ICC Authorizes Investigation Into Philippines' 'Drug War' Killings

    Credit: Facebook/Rody Duterte. Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday authorized an investigation into the Philippines' deadly "war on drugs" campaign, describing it as a ...

  22. Drug war 'poster boy' testifies in House quad-committee

    MANILA, Philippines — The former "poster boy" of the war on drugs on Wednesday said that the closest associates of former President Rodrigo Duterte, Senators Christopher "Bong" Go and

  23. Bato's criticism of House drug war probe 'like an admission of guilt

    MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Ronald dela Rosa's objection to the House of Representatives' continued probe into the extrajudicial killings during former President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war ...

  24. Cop confirms reward system in drug war

    MANILA, Philippines — Controversial police Col. Jovie Espenido yesterday confirmed that there was a reward and quota system under formerpresident Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, which emboldened some police officers to abuse the system.

  25. PDF Drug War in the Philippines

    The New York Times, June 2, 2017. Philippines.12 The current police chief of the Philippine National Police Ronald Dela Rosa and President Duterte's principal executor of the war on drugs previously served as the police chief in Davao between 2010 and 2016 when Duterte was the town's mayor. In addition to the killings, mass incarceration of ...

  26. Bombshell claims link Philippines' Duterte clan to massive meth

    Then-President Rodrigo Duterte gives directives to Philippine police officers regarding his "war on drugs" in 2016. Photo: Jeoffrey Maitem ... that the 'drug war' was a sham, and that the ...

  27. Police officer confirms 'quota, reward system' during Duterte drug war

    A PNP officer confirmed Wednesday the supposed "quota" and "reward system" implemented during the brutal anti-drug campaign of the previous administration.

  28. Quad comm urges former Iloilo City mayor to appear in hearing ...

    ILOILO, Philippines - Of the many revelations of Police Colonel Jovie Espenido related to the controversial drug war policy of then-president Rodrigo Duterte during the House mega-panel's ...

  29. 'I swear to God': No monetary reward given to drug war accomplishments

    During a quad-comm hearing last Wednesday, Aug. 28, Police Colonel Jovie Espenido claimed a reward system for drug war kills, with each kill fetching P20,000. Espenido said that intelligence funds and Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) money were used in the drug war.

  30. Espenido confirms abuses in past drug war due to reward, quota system

    Police Colonel Jovie Espenido (File photo). MANILA - The reward and quota system in the past Duterte administration's anti-illegal drug campaign emboldened some police officers to commit abuses and human rights violations, according to Police Colonel Jovie Espenido on Wednesday.. During the House investigation on the drug war during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte ...