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An extrajudicial killing (also known as an extrajudicial execution or an extralegal killing) [1] is the deliberate killing of a person without the lawful authority granted by a judicial proceeding.
Feb 11, 2019 · The death penalty was abolished in the Philippines in 1987, and the country signed the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, becoming part of the global movement against the death penalty. Under the ICCPR, the right to be free from execution also covers arbitrary and extrajudicial killing.
The extrajudicial killing by security forces and their agents of political activists, environmentalists, and human rights defenders continued, most notably on the central Philippine island of...
The human rights situation in the Philippines remains dire amid extrajudicial killings, attacks against political activists and journalists, and abuses committed during the armed conflict with...
Extrajudicial killings, or extrajudicial executions, happen when someone in an official position deliberately kills a person without any legal process. Such arbitrary deprivations of life, which can also be carried out by militias, death squads or other non-State actors, often target political opponents, activists, or marginalized groups.
Philippine extrajudicial killings are politically motivated murders committed by government officers, punished by local and international law or convention.
Extrajudicial Killings. The Duterte administration’s “war on drugs” continued in 2018 and expanded into areas outside the capital, Metro Manila, including to the provinces of Bulacan, Laguna,...
