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ANTI-DRUGS CAMPAIGN
ANTI-DRUGS CAMPAIGN
The Philippine drug war is the anti-drug policy and actions of the Philippine government under President Rodrigo Duterte, who proclaimed on June 30, 2016. This policy aimed "the neutralization of illegal drug personalities nationwide". said former PNP Chief Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa. The purpose of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign is to promote the primary prevention of drug abuse, which means preventing drug abuse before it starts.
EFFECTIVITY OF THE CAMPAIGN
EFFECTIVITY OF THE CAMPAIGN
Close to eight out of 10 Filipinos are satisfied with the national administration's campaign against illegal drugs,” Panelo said. A survey by Social Weather Stations, a Filipino polling group, in June found 82% of those surveyed were satisfied with the anti-drug campaign.
International human rights organizations, such as Human Rights Watch, have documented that 3,906 suspected drug users and dealers died at the hands of the police from 1 July 2016 to 26 September 2017 while unidentified gunmen have killed thousands more, bringing the total death toll to more than 12,000. This is an incredible increase when it is considered that in the six months before Duterte assumed power only 68 people died at the hands of the police in drug-related incidents. There has been a wider ripple effect, with hundreds of thousands of people giving themselves up to the police in the fear they may be targeted next.
International human rights organizations, such as Human Rights Watch, have documented that 3,906 suspected drug users and dealers died at the hands of the police from 1 July 2016 to 26 September 2017 while unidentified gunmen have killed thousands more, bringing the total death toll to more than 12,000. This is an incredible increase when it is considered that in the six months before Duterte assumed power only 68 people died at the hands of the police in drug-related incidents. There has been a wider ripple effect, with hundreds of thousands of people giving themselves up to the police in the fear they may be targeted next.
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The United Nations’ 47-member Human Rights Council supported a resolution advanced by Iceland that turned a spotlight on wide-ranging abuses, including killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, and persecution of rights activists, journalists, lawyers and members of the political opposition.
Despite fierce opposition from Philippine officials, 18 countries backed the resolution, while 14 opposed it and 15 others abstained.
UN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO EJK IN PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR
UN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO EJK IN PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said the report finds serious human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings and incitement to violence were sanctioned from the highest levels of government.
“It’s a modest resolution, but it is a very critical step to putting the Philippines on the track to accountability, and to show that the killing of thousands of drug war victims has not gone unnoticed by the international community,” said Laila Matar, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s group monitoring the United Nations.
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