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  • Hindi katahimikan ang sagot sa kagutuman

    Ngayong Mayo Uno, buong tatag na nakikiisa ang Amnesty International Philippines sa lahat ng mga uring manggagawa sa buong mundo. Sa gitna ng tumitinding krisis sa langis na lalong nagpapahirap sa sambayanan, matinding hamon ang sinusuong ng mga manggagawang nananatiling sumasahod nang kakarampot. 

  • Start trial of Rodrigo Duterte without delay – PCICC

    The Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC) highly welcomes the recent double win for victims of the drug war in two separate decisions at the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Appeals Chamber of the ICC, by a majority vote, affirmed jurisdiction over the case against Rodrigo Roa Duterte on August 22. Today, the Pre-Trial Chamber I concluded that there are substantial grounds to believe that former Philippine President Duterte is responsible for the crimes against humanity of murder and attempted murder pursuant to Article 7 (1)(a) of the Rome Statute. These are very significant steps forward in the pursuit of truth and accountability for the alleged crimes against humanity committed in the context of the Philippines’ so-called “war on drugs.”

  • Amnesty International calls on states to stop predatory, anti-rights order from taking hold in pivotal moment for humanity

    The world is on the brink of a perilous new era, driven by powerful states’, corporations’ and anti-rights movements’ assaults on multilateralism, international law and human rights, Amnesty International warned today upon launching its annual report, The State of the World’s Human Rights. States, international bodies and civil society must reject the politics of appeasement and collectively resist these attacks to prevent this new order from taking hold, the organization said in its assessment of the human rights situation in 144 countries. 

  • PHILIPPINES

    On 11 March, former president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by police in the capital city Manila on a warrant issued by the ICC for murder as a crime against humanity. The warrant was issued in relation to unlawful killings in the “war on drugs” while he was president[1] and for killings in Davao City during his time as mayor (2013-2016), a development welcomed by families of victims and civil society[2]. He was subsequently transferred to The Hague and remained in detention at the end of the year.[3] The ICC Office of the Prosecutor was preparing to request that Duterte be charged with three counts of murder as a crime against humanity, but his lawyers submitted that he was unfit to stand trial. The ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber postponed his confirmation of charges hearing, originally scheduled for 23 September. No new date had been set by the end of the year.