Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra reported to the United Nations Human Rights
Council on Wednesday regarding his initial findings on the extrajudicial killing of
drug suspects in the government’s war on drugs. Guevarra mainly highlighted police
errors and operational breaches in anti-drug operations in Metro Manila, Bulacan,
Pampanga and Cavite, including failure to follow protocol in processing crime scenes
and lack of ballistic and paraffin examinations.
It audaciously glossed over the widescale failure to follow protocol and proper
procedure by security forces and skipped mentioning the overall policy which
directed these killings, then created the environment of impunity for the
perpetration of these crimes, downgrading the systematic and brazen disregard for
rule of law into individual lapses of judgement by a few bad elements in law
enforcement.
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Statement on the occasion of the 35th
anniversary of the EDSA People’s Revolt
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs wants all financial support to
non-government organizations (NGOs) by foreign governments to be coursed through it
to prevent the possibility of the funds being used for terrorist activities. The
written order was issued this month although DFA Secretary Locsin already revealed
to the media in 2019 that failure to follow this instruction may lead to the
abrogation of the NGOs’ SEC registration.
iDEFEND statement on the occasion of world social justice
day
#SocialJusticePH
The superior virtue, said the late
Senator and human rights lawyer Jose “Ka Pepe” Diokno, is not to receive justice, it is to fight
relentlessly for it.
These words ring especially loud today on the occasion of the World Day of Social
Justice--an international day recognizing the need to promote social justice,
including the efforts to tackle poverty, exclusion, gender equality, unemployment,
human rights, and social protections-- as we reflect upon the continuing struggle
for the realization of social justice and life with dignity.
The Philippines has dissociated from the UN Human Rights Council’s resolution on
Myanmar which sought the release of elected civilian leaders including President Win
Myint and Aung San Suu Kyi, restraint on violence against protesters, and the
lifting of the state of emergency. The UNHRC’s special session on Myanmar was held
after the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar called on the UN Security Council to
impose sanctions, arms embargoes and travel bans in response to the military coup.
The United States, which had already imposed sanctions, was able to revive its
membership in the Council in time for the special session.
