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Philippines judiciary
January 30, 2023
Philippines Refuses to Cooperate With ‘Unacceptable’ ICC Drug War Investigation
By Sebastian Strangio
Last week, the International Criminal Court ordered the restarting of its investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte's violent "war on drugs."
December 06, 2022
Glimmer of Justice for 9-Year-Old Killed in Philippine Drug War
By Sebastian Strangio
Last month, a court accepted the petition of Lenin Baylon's father seeking to correct the cause of death listed on his death certificate.
October 17, 2022
Drug Arrest of Minister’s Son a Test of Philippine Judicial Independence
By Sebastian Strangio
Juanito Jose Remulla III was arrested last week for the possession of a large quantity of high-grade marijuana.
October 17, 2022
The Duterte Years Were Especially Deadly for Philippine Lawyers
By Sebastian Strangio
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers says that 133 lawyers have been killed in the Philippines since 1984, 59 of them over the past six years.
October 04, 2022
Philippine Judges and Lawyers Push Back Against Red-Tagging
By Mong Palatino
A judge who dismissed a government petition to designate the country's communist insurgency a terrorist group has in turn been accused of communist sympathies.
February 23, 2022
Philippine Senator and Leading Duterte Critic Marks Five Years in Jail
By Sebastian Strangio
According to a leading human rights group, Senator Leila de Lima's detention "exemplifies the lawlessness and cruelty of the Duterte administration.”
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