
Philippines
After his election in May 2022, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. promised that his administration would uphold human rights. Since then, little in the overall rights situation has improved. The brutal “war on drugs” policy remains in place, with killings and violence still continuing, and the government refusing to cooperate with the International Criminal Court. Activists, rights defenders, Indigenous leaders, lawyers, journalists, trade unionists, and environmentalists remain under threat, mainly through “red-tagging” and the filing of spurious charges, and face violent attacks. Critics of former President Rodrigo Duterte, such as Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa and former senator Leila de Lima, still face politically motivated prosecution on bogus charges.

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International Justice
February 13, 2023
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Philippines: Discrimination Against Workers with HIV
Amid Epidemic, Weak Government Response to Unlawful Firings, Harassment
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News
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International Criminal Court’s Philippines Investigation
Questions and Answers from Human Rights Watch
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Philippines: Next Steps for ICC Probe of Duterte-Era Killings
Q&A on International Criminal Court Decision to Resume Investigation
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ICC Authorizes Resumed Philippines Investigation
International Criminal Court Inquiry a Step Toward Justice for Thousands of Victims
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Philippines: Officials ‘Red-Tagging’ Indigenous Leaders, Activists
Threats, Attacks Put Indigenous Communities at Risk
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Philippines: No Letup in ‘Drug War’ Under Marcos
Killings Continue Despite Shifting Focus to Rehabilitation
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Fatal Beating by Police Roils the Philippines
Off-Duty Officer Captured in Video Assaulting Suspect in Custody
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Philippines: Rebels Execute 3 After Sham Trials
New People’s Army Killings Violate International Humanitarian Law
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Philippines Undercounts Recent ‘Drug War’ Deaths
Police Claim of 46 Killed Far Below Independent Monitor’s Figure
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Philippines Swiftly Investigates Journalist’s Killing
Advances, Setbacks in the Percy Lapid Murder Case
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Statement at Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner report on the Philippines
51st session of the UN Human Rights Council