Amnesty International on Wednesday called on President Marcos to make a categorical statement against the war on drugs as it noted that extrajudicial killings had persisted in 2023.
Amnesty International on Wednesday called on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to make a categorical "policy pronouncement" against the war on drugs as it noted that extrajudicial killings had persisted in 2023.In a press conference in Quezon City, Amnesty International Philippines director Butch Olano said Marcos should "make an explicit and categorical policy pronouncement to end the so-called war on drugs and EJKs.
The ICC is investigating killings that transpired from November 2011 until March 2019, including those being linked to the so-called Davao Death Squad when Duterte, who assumed the presidency in 20216, was still mayor of Davao City.The Philippines, under Duterte, withdrew from the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC, in 2019 after the tribunal began a probe into the drug war followed by a formal inquiry in September 2021.
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