Halfway through the Duterte regime, the human rights situation in the Philippines continued its descent to violence, fear, and impunity. In 2019, three years into President Rodrigo Duterte’s rule, the strongman’s impulse for violence manifested itself through even more harmful and lethal means. The continuation of the so-called war on drugs, the escalation of attacks…
The Philippine government’s murderous “war on drugs” remained the Philippines’ gravest human rights concern in 2019, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2020. Security forces were also implicated in often deadly attacks on activists. “President Duterte’s anti-drug campaign remains as brutal as when it started, with drug suspects being killed regularly…
This study seeks to answer the question: Is China an imperial power in the image of the West in its relationship with the global south? Over the last 15 years, there have been increasing accusations of Chinese state enterprises and private companies being involved in unfair labor practices, environmentally damaging projects, land-grabbing, locking borrowing countries…
Findings of the 2017-2019 Documentation of Extrajudicial Killings (EJK) committed in the context of the so-called War on Drugs by the Philippine Human Rights Information Center Since Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration as the 16th president of the Philippines in 2016, the country has witnessed a steep surge in gross violations of human rights. Three years into…
A debate on the implementation of a law that increases the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) of prisoners ensued after the earlier reported pending release of convicted rapist-murderer former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez. The Justice Department and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) initially identified Sanchez as among the 11,000 inmates who may walk free from prison…
Introduction to Human Rights | Lesson 27: “Environment and Human Rights” This lesson is part of an International Human Rights free online course. You may follow it in Udemy http://www.udemy.com/introduction-to-… or in our Youtube channel http://youtube.com/moocchile (If you want a virtual certificate, you should follow the complete course in Udemy) You may find the transcript…
Focus Policy Review on the Progressive Agenda in the 2019 Elections and Beyond This issue of the Focus Policy Review explores how the Duterte administration responded to key issues through its policies and action points. These responses, which in a nutshell are very neoliberal and authoritarian, fall under Duterte’s promised change at the beginning of…
Philippine Human Rights Situationer 2018 In his third State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Rodrigo Roa Duterte revealed once again his blinkered view of human rights. In justifying his government’s bloody campaign against illegal drugs, the president doubled-down on his critique of human rights advocates who speak out against his kill policies. This pithy…
International Situation 2018: Simmering crisis, rising inequalities amid corporate concentration In this 2018 Report on the International Situation, released through the IBON Institute for International Development (I3D), we cover current trends in our crucial juncture today, from the world economy and the state of people’s rights, international relations and militarism, and people’s resistance from around…
Indigenous Peoples Rights and Charter Change: Possibilities and Uncertainties The perceived impending shift to a federal system through amendments to the Philippine Constitution proposed by the Duterte Administration has engendered concerns among the general public, but more particularly among indigenous peoples (IPs) because of the possible impact on their right to self-determination and self-governance. Foremost…
IN THE CLAWS OF TYRANNY: State of Workers’ Rights under Duterte Administration Genuine Change! Promise that is crystal clear for millions of Filipinos that prompted them to junk the common traditional politicians in 2016 and embraced Rodrigo Roa Duterte as the President of the Republic of the Philippines. His assumption to power earned him the…
Human rights treaty bodies What are the human rights treaty bodies? The human rights treaty bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties. Each State party to a treaty has an obligation to take steps to ensure that everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set…
More than 300 Activists Murdered in 2017: Front Line Defenders Launches Annual Report on Human Rights Defenders At Risk Dedicated to the more than 300 human rights defenders murdered this year, the Front Line Defenders Annual Report on Human Rights Defenders At Risk opens with two pages listing the names of the deceased. Launched today…
2017 Focus Report | Public policies for the protection of human rights defenders: Global trends and implementation challenges Protection International (PI) is glad to present its 2017 edition of its Focus Report, monitoring worldwide developments in the field of national protection mechanisms and public policies for the protection of human rights defenders (HRDs). Since the…
An attack on one is an attack on all – UNESCO Journalists take risks to uncover stories for the public – sometimes fatally. Most visible internationally are war reporters, but the same risks often apply equally to local journalists covering topics that someone finds threatening. US journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger notes that on top…
FES’s Study on Women Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Economic Community -MFA Migrant Forum in Asia’s FES’s study on “Women Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Economic Community”. The study was done in partnership with UN, ASEAN Secretariat, the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and with the support of the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and…
“Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation” All submissions are republished and redistributed in the same way that it was originally published online and sent to us. We may edit submission in a way that does not alter or change the original material. Human Rights Online Philippines does not hold…
Digital Security Helpline What is the Digital Security Helpline? Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline works with individuals and organizations around the world to keep them safe online. If you’re at risk, we can help you improve your digital security practices to keep out of harm’s way. If you’re already under attack, we provide rapid-response emergency…
Incident response and Proactive services CiviCERT will assist NGOs or other forms of civil society organizations in handling the technical and organizational aspects of incidents in connection with other CSIRTs. In particular, CiviCERT will provide assistance or advice with respect to the following aspects of incidents management: Incident triage Establish a secure communication channel with…
SUMMARY & EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN THE PHILIPPINES A Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines (3rd Cycle, 27th Session, 2017) 1. This alternate report is a submission of the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC), a university-based human rights institution engaged in the promotion and protection of…
