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Under former President Duterte, the country's membership was withdrawn from the international court in 2019 after Duterte was accused of committing crimes against humanity in relation to his campaign against illegal drugs. [258] President Marcos announced a policy shift on the Philippines' campaign against illegal drugs.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has defended the crackdown as “lawfully directed against drug lords and pushers who have for many years destroyed the present generation, especially ...
The Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) is an inter-governmental forum in the Philippines responsible for ensuring government agencies in implementing and complying with all policies pertaining to the anti-illegal drug campaign. The agency was formed by Executive Order No. 5, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 6, 2017 ...
He launched a blood war on drugs campaign. Officially, 6,229 drug personalities have been killed as of March 2022. [14] News organizations and human rights groups claim the death toll is over 12,000. [15] [16] The Philippine National Police led the drug war through Oplan Double Barrel which began in 2016. [17]
Trillanes also initiated a complaint against Duterte over the widespread killings under the former president’s deadly campaign against illegal drugs that sparked a still-ongoing investigation by ...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the Philippine government to block an investigation by prosecutors into former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war ...
In January 2018, Philippines' presidential spokesman Harry Roque relayed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed support for Duterte's campaign against narcotics and also called for stronger cooperation against illegal drugs. [54]
A Philippine court has dropped drugs charges against one of the most vocal critics of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs,” ending a long legal battle that had seen the ...