Media Quote Responding to former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s scheduled first appearance at the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International’s Southeast Asia Researcher Rachel Chhoa-Howard said: “Rodrigo Duterte’s appearance at the International Criminal Court is a sight families of the thousands of victims of the ‘war on drugs’ in the Philippines feared they would never see.…
Media Quote Responding to news that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested by Philippine authorities on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against him for the crime against humanity of murder in relation to killings in the “war on drugs”, Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty…
Media Quote The Philippines Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC) responding to the news that the Philippines Government though the Depeartment of Justice (DOJ) is open to limiited cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) into alleged crimes against humanity committed under the “war on drugs”, Dr. Aurora Parong, Co-Chairperson and Spokesperson of PCICC…
Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC)Public Statement15 January 2025 The Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC) welcomes the House Quad Committee’s recommendation to prosecute Former President Duterte and other high officials of the government who have been responsible for the systematic and massive extrajudicial killings in our country. However, we remain…
Amnesty International found that the criminalization of the use and possession of drugs for personal use has enabled the Philippine government to continue implementing harsh anti-drug measures. In this report based on interviews with 56 people, 26 of whom were accused of using and/or selling drugs, Amnesty International shows that these measures are intended to…
Press Release Philippine authorities are arbitrarily detaining thousands of people in so-called “drug treatment and rehabilitation centres” where they are held against their will and subjected to a range of human rights violations, Amnesty International said today in a new report on the country’s ongoing “war on drugs”. Submit and surrender: The harms of arbitrary…