HR inSIGHTS
Human Rights News Delivered Weekly.
July 2021
Highlights: UP Forum on the ICC’s Push to Investigate the Philippines for Crimes Against Humanity
by C. Bernal The June declaration by Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, that she has she filed a request (https://www.icc-cpi.int/Pages/item.aspx?name=210614-prosecutor-statement-philippines)for an investigation of the current administration’s so-called war on drugs has once [...]
June 2021
EXPLAINER: Mga Dapat Malaman Tungkol sa Hiling ng ICC na Magbukas ng Imbestigasyon Ukol sa ‘War on Drugs’ sa Pilipinas
by PhilRights Staff Konteksto: Ano ang ICC? Ang International Criminal Court (ICC) ay isang institusyon na nag-iimbestiga at nag-uusig sa mga taong naakusahang nagkasala sa mga krimen tulad ng mga krimen sa digmaan o war [...]
April 2021
Chel Diokno on Human Rights Trends and Prospects in the Philippines
by PhilRights Staff Chel Diokno, eminent human rights lawyer and one of the leading voices in the human rights movement, discussed the Philippines’ human rights situation before members of the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights [...]
March 2021
An Exercise in Deflection: Unpacking DOJ’s admission of police lapses in “drug war”
by Mateo P. Garcia Department of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made waves last week when he revealed the initial findings of the Justice department’s review panel on extrajudicial killings resulting from anti-illegal drug police operations. [...]
February 2021
Statement: #EDSA35 is a Reminder to Claim and Defend Human Rights
by PhilRights Staff Thirty-five years ago, the Filipino people showed the world that freedom and democracy can be won through nonviolent means. In 1986, we proved that toppling a dictatorship need not require shedding blood [...]
December 2020
2020 International Human Rights Day: Stop the Violence, End Impunity
Philippine Human Rights Information Center's (PhilRights) statement on the 72nd International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2020. Today, December 10, we commemorate International Human Rights Day with an urgent reminder of the Philippines’ worsening human [...]