Former president Rodrigo Duterte is facing a disbarment complaint filed by relatives of victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and human rights ...

MANILA, Philippines — Human rights defenders and families of extrajudicial killing (EJKs) victims have filed a disbarment complaint against former President Rodrigo Duterte before the Supreme ...

Duterte, who is seeking a comeback as Davao City mayor in this year’s elections, was accepted to the Bar in 1973. He had served as a prosecutor in Davao City before entering politics.

The horrific details of the drug war surfaced anew in this week’s Senate hearing on EJK, with its chief architect, former president Rodrigo Duterte ... some of them children as young as one.

Families of victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and human rights advocates on Friday filed a disbarment complaint against former President Rodrigo Duterte with the Supreme Court (SC). The ...

The bill establishes a claims board under the Department of Justice to provide reparations for EJK victims. While pressure to define EJKs mounted during the Duterte administration, initial calls ...

MANILA, Philippines — Argentine priest Luciano Felloni, who helped families of victims of extrajudicial killings (EJK) under the Duterte administration’s drug war, died on Sunday. He was 51.

The House Committee on Justice has been holding hearings to deliberate on House Bill 10986, the Anti-Extrajudicial Killings Act, filed by the Quad Committee investigating the Duterte ...

Based on government records, over 6,000 drug suspects were killed during the Duterte administration’s anti-illegal drug operations. Human rights organizations, however, claim the number could reach 30 ...