Human rights in the Philippines
At a Glance
17-01-2017
Since mid-2016, President Rodrigo Duterte's controversial war on drugs has triggered a wave of extrajudicial killings. The current violence reflects longer-term problems, such as high crime rates and a dysfunctional justice system. However, there are still many areas, such as freedom of expression and gender equality, where the Philippines does better than most other Asian countries.
At a Glance
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- arrest
- Asia and Oceania
- crime against individuals
- criminal law
- death penalty
- defence
- drug addiction
- economic geography
- economic policy
- ECONOMICS
- EU aid
- GEOGRAPHY
- government violence
- international human rights law
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- justice
- LAW
- paramilitary force
- Philippines
- political framework
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- psychological harassment
- right to justice
- rights and freedoms
- rule of law
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS