Philippine Drug War

The "Philippine Drug War", or "War on Drugs", refers to the

Philippine Drug W ar
drug policy of the Philippine government under President
Rodrigo Duterte, who assumed office on June 30, 2016.
According to Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa,
the policy is aimed at "the neutralization [ie., killing] of illegal
drug personalities nationwide".[16] Duterte has urged members of
the public to kill suspected criminals and drug addicts.[17]
Research by media organizations and human rights groups has
shown that police routinely execute unarmed drug suspects and
then plant guns and drugs as evidence. Philippine authorities have
denied misconduct by police.[18][19]
Duterte shows a diagram of drug syndicates at a
The policy has been widely condemned locally and
press conference on July 7, 2016.
internationally for the number of deaths resulting from police
operations and allegations of systematic extrajudicial executions. Date July 1, 2016 – present
The policy is supported by the majority of the local population, as (2 years, 4 months and 18 days)
well as by leaders or representatives of certain countries such as Location Philippines
China, Japan and the United States.[20][7][21]
Status Ongoing[1]
Estimates of the death toll vary. News organizations and human Parties to the civil conflict
rights groups have put the figure at over 12,000.[22][23] The
Philippine Suspected drug users,
victims included 54 children in the first year.[23] The government dealers, distributors
Government
claimed 4,200 have been killed as of April 30, 2018.[22]
Opposition senators claimed in 2018 that over 20,000 have been Philippine National
killed.[24][25] Police

In February 2018, the International Criminal Court in The Hague Philippine Drug
announced a "preliminary examination" into killings linked to the Enforcement Agency
Philippine Drug War since at least July 1, 2016. National Bureau of
Investigation
Armed Forces of
Contents the Philippines

Background Non-state participants:

Major events
Early months MILF[2]
State of emergency MNLF[3]
Senate committee
Vigilantes[4]
Temporary cessation of police drug operations
Amnesty International investigation Hired hitmen[5]
Arturo Lascañas
Allegations of police using hospitals to hide killings Supported by:
Ozamiz raid, and death of Reynaldo Parojinog
"One-time, big-time" operations United States[6]
Youth casualties Japan[7]
Reshuffling of the Caloocan City Police
Singapore[8]
Transfer of anti-drug operations to PDEA
 Rodrigo Duterte's refutation to ASEAN China[9]
representatives
2018 Russia[10]
Consecutive assassinations of local Lead figures
government officials

International Criminal Court President Rodrigo

Reactions Duterte
Local
Director Oscar
International
38-nation statement against the drug war
Albayalde

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Director General
Television Aaron N. Aquino
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Photography
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227 wounded[11]
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20,000 (Senator Antonio
Trillanes claim)[14][15]

Background
Rodrigo Duterte won the 2016 Philippine presidential election promising to kill tens of thousands of criminals, and urging people to
kill drug addicts.[17] As Mayor of Davao City, Duterte was criticized by groups like Human Rights Watch for the extrajudicial
killings of hundreds of street children, petty criminals and drug users carried out by the Davao Death Squad, a vigilante group with
which he was allegedly involved.[26][27][28] Duterte has alternately confirmed and denied his involvement in the alleged Davao
Death Squad killings.[29] Duterte has benefited from reports in the national media that he made Davao into one of the world's safest
cities, which he cites as justification for his drug policy,[30][31][32] although national police data shows that the city has the highest
[33][34]
murder rate and the second highest rape rate in the Philippines.

Philippine anti-narcotic officials have admitted that Duterte uses flawed and exaggerated data to support his claim that the Philippines
is becoming a "narco-state".[35] The Philippines has a low prevalence rate of drug users compared to the global average, according to
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).[36] Duterte said in his state of the nation address that data from the
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency shows that there were 3 million drug addicts 2 to 3 years ago, which he said may have
increased to 3.7 million. However, according to the Philippine Dangerous Drugs Board, the government drug policy-making body,
1.8 million Filipinos used illegal drugs (mostly marijuana) in 2015, the latest official survey published; a third of them had used
illegal drugs only once in the past 13 months.[37][35]

Major events

Early months
In speeches made after his inauguration on June 30, Duterte urged citizens to kill suspected criminals and drug addicts. He said he
would order police to adopt a shoot-to-kill policy, and would offer them a bounty for dead suspects.[17] In a speech to military
leadership on July 1, Duterte told Communist rebels to "use your kangaroo courts to kill them to speed up the solution to our
problem".[38] On July 2, the Communist Party of the Philippines stated that it "reiterates its standing order for the NPA to carry out
operations to disarm and arrest the chieftains of the biggest drug syndicates, as well as other criminal syndicates involved in human
rights violations and destruction of the environment" after its political wing Bagong Alyansang Makabayanaccepted Cabinet posts in
the new government.[39][40] On July 3, the Philippine National Police announced they had killed 30 alleged drug dealers since
Duterte was sworn in as president on June 30.[41][42] They later stated they had killed 103 suspects between May 10 and July 7.[43]
On July 9, a spokesperson of the president told critics to show proof that there have been human rights violations in the Drug
War.[43][44] Later that day, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front announced it was open to collaborate with police in the Drug War.[45]
On August 3, Duterte said that the Sinaloa cartel and the Chinese triad are involved in the Philippine drug trade.[46] On August 7,
Duterte named more than 150 drug suspects including local politicians, police, judges, and military.[47][48] On August 8, the United
[49]
States expressed concerns over the extrajudicial killings.

A presidential spokesperson said that Duterte welcomed a proposed Congressional investigation into extrajudicial killings to be
chaired by Senator Leila de Lima, his chief critic in the government.[46] On August 17, Duterte announced that de Lima had been
having an affair with a married man, her driver, Ronnie Palisoc Dayan. Duterte claimed that Dayan was her collector for drug money,
who had also himself been using drugs.[50] In a news conference on August 21, Duterte announced that he had in his possession
wiretaps and ATM records which confirmed his allegations. He stated: "What is really crucial here is that because of her [romantic]
relationship with her driver which I termed 'immoral' because the driver has a family and wife, that connection gave rise to the
corruption of what was happening inside the national penitentiary
." Dismissing fears for Dayan's safety, he added, "As the President, I
got this information … as a privilege. But I am not required to prove it in court. That is somebody else's business. My job is to protect
public interest. She's lying through her teeth." He explained that he had acquired the new evidence from an unnamed foreign
country.[51]

On August 18, United Nations human rights experts called on the Philippines to halt extrajudicial killings. Agnes Callamard, the UN
Special Rapporteur on summary executions, stated that Duterte had given a "license to kill" to his citizens by encouraging them to
kill.[52][53] In response, Duterte threatened to withdraw from the UN and form a separate group with African nations and China.
Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella later clarified that the Philippines was not leaving the UN.[54] As the official death toll
[55]
reached 1,800, a Congressional investigation of the killings chaired by de Lima was opened.

On August 23, Chito Gascon, head of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, told the Senate committee that the International
Criminal Court may have jurisdiction over the mass killings.[56] On August 25, Duterte released a "drug matrix" supposedly linking
government officials, including de Lima, with the New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal.[57] De Lima stated that the "drug
matrix" was like something drawn by a 12-year-old child. She added, "I will not dignify any further this so-called 'drug matrix'
which, any ordinary lawyer knows too well, properly belongs in the garbage can."[58][59] On August 29, Duterte called on de Lima to
resign and "hang herself".[60]

State of emergency
Following the September 2 bombing in Davao City that killed 14 people in the city's central business district, on September 3, 2016,
Duterte declared a "state of lawlessness", and on the following day signed a declaration of a "state of national emergency on account
of lawless violence in Mindanao".[61][62] The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police were ordered to
"suppress all forms of lawless violence in Mindanao" and to "prevent lawless violence from spreading and escalating elsewhere".
Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said that the declaration "does not specify the imposition of curfews", and would remain in
force indefinitely. He explained: "The recent incidents, the escape of terrorists from prisons, the beheadings, then eventually what
happened in Davao. That was the basis."[63][62] The state of emergency has been seen as an attempt by Duterte to "enhance his
already strong hold on power, and give him carte blanche to impose further measures" in the DrugWar.[64]

At the 2016 ASEAN Summit, US President Barack Obama cancelled scheduled meetings with Duterte to discuss extrajudicial
[65][66]
killings after Duterte referred to Obama as a "son of a whore".

Senate committee
On September 19, 2016, the Senate voted 16-4 to remove de Lima from her position heading the Senate committee, in a motion
brought by senator and boxer Manny Pacquiao.[67] Duterte's allies in the Senate argued that de Lima had damaged the country's
reputation by allowing the testimony of Edgar Matobato. She was replaced by Senator Richard Gordon, a supporter of Duterte.[68]
Matobato had testified that while working for the Davao Death Squad he had killed more than 50 people. He said that he had
witnessed Duterte killing a government agent, and he had heard Duterte giving orders to carry out executions, including ordering the
[69]
bombing of mosques as retaliation for an attack on a cathedral.
Duterte told reporters that he wanted "a little extension of maybe another six months" in the Drug War, as there were so many drug
offenders and criminals that he "cannot kill them all".[70][71] On the following day, a convicted bank robber and two former prison
officials testified that they had paid bribes to de Lima. She denies the allegations.[72] In a speech on September 20, Duterte promised
to protect police in the Drug War:

For as long as I am the president, nobody but nobody – no military man or policeman will go to prison because they
performed their duties. ... If [drug suspects] pull out a gun, kill them. If they don't, kill them, son of a whore so it's
over, lest you lose the gun. I'll take care of you.[73][74]

Wand The Holocaust.[75][76] He

At a press conference on September 30, Duterte appeared to make a comparison between the Drug ar
said that "Hitler massacred three million Jews. Now there are three million drug addicts. I’d be happy to slaughter them."[75] His
remarks generated an international outcry. United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said the statement was "deeply
troubling".[77][78] The German government told the Philippine ambassador that Duterte's remarks were "unacceptable."[79] On
October 2, Duterte announced, "I apologize profoundly and deeply to the Jewish". He explained, "It's not really that I said something
[80][81]
wrong but rather they don't really want you to tinker with the memory".

At the beginning of October, a senior police officer told The Guardian that 10 "special ops" official police death squads had been
operating, each consisting of 15 police officers. The officer said that he had personally been involved in killing 87 suspects, and
described how the corpses had their heads wrapped in masking tape with a cardboard placard labelling them as a drug offender so
that the killing would not be investigated, or they were dumped at the roadside ("salvage" victims). The chairman of the Philippines
Commission on Human Rights, Chito Gascon, was quoted in the report: "I am not surprised, I have heard of this." The PNP declined
to comment. The report stated: "although the Guardian can verify the policeman's rank and his service history, there is no
."[82]
independent, official confirmation for the allegations of state complicity and police coordination in mass murder

On October 28, Datu Saudi Ampatuan Mayor Samsudin Dimaukom and nine others, including his five bodyguards, were killed
during an anti-illegal drug operation in Makilala, North Cotabato. According to police, the group were heavily armed and opened fire
on police, who found sachets of methamphetamine at the scene. No police were injured.[83][84] Dimaukom was among the drug list
[85]
named by Duterte on August 7; he had immediately surrendered, and then returned to Datu Saudi Ampatuan.

On November 1, it was reported that the US State Department had halted the sale of 26,000 assault rifles to the PNP after opposition
from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee due to concerns about human rights violations. A police spokesman said they had not
been informed. PNP chief Ronald dela Rosa suggested China as a possible alternative supplier.[86][87] On November 7, Duterte
[88]
reacted to the US decision to halt the sale by announcing that he was "ordering its cancellation".

In the early morning of November 5, Mayor ofAlbuera, Rolando Espinosa Sr., who had been detained at Baybay City Sub-Provincial
Jail for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, was killed in what was described as a shootout inside his jail
cell with personnel from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).[89] According to the CIDG, Espinosa opened fire
on police agents who were executing a search warrant for "illegal firearms."[90] A hard drive of CCTV footage which may have
recorded the shooting of Espinosa is missing, a provincial official said.[91] Espinosa had turned himself in to PNP after being named
in Duterte's drug list in August.[92][93] He was briefly released but then re-arrested for alleged drug possession. The president of the
National Union of People's Lawyers, Edre Olalia, told local broadcaster TV5 that the police version of events was "too contrived".
He pointed out that a search warrant is not required to search a jail cell. "Such acts make a mockery of the law, taunt impunity and
ficial to be killed in the Drug War.[94][95]
insult ordinary common sense." Espinosa was the second public of

Following the incident, on the same day, Senator Panfilo Lacson sought to resume the investigation of extrajudicial killings after it
[96][97]
was suspended on October 3 by the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

On November 28, Duterte appeared to threaten that human rights workers would be targeted: "The human rights [defenders] say I
kill. If I say: 'Okay, I'll stop'. They [drug users] will multiply. When harvest time comes, there will be more of them who will die.
Then I will include you among them because you let them multiply." Amnesty International Philippines stated that Duterte was
"inciting hate towards anyone who expresses dissent on his war against drugs." The National Alliance against Killings Philippines
stated: "His comment - that human rights is part of the drug problem and, as such, human rights advocates should be targeted too -
[98]
can be interpreted as a declaration of an open season on human rights defenders".

On December 5 Reuters reported that 97% of drug suspects shot by police died, far more than in other countries with drug-related
violence. They also stated that police reports of killings are "remarkably similar", involving a "buy-bust" operation in which the
suspect panics and shoots at the officers, who return fire, killing the suspect, and report finding a packet of white powder and a .38
caliber revolver, often with the serial number removed.

The figures pose a powerful challenge to the official narrative that the Philippines police are only killing drug
suspects in self-defense. These statistics and other evidence amassed by Reuters point in the other direction: that
police are pro-actively gunning down suspects.[99]

On December 8, the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights issued a report stating that there was "no evidence sufficient to
prove that a Davao Death Squad exists", and "no proof that there is a state-sponsored policy to commit killings to eradicate illegal
drugs in the country." Eleven senators signed the report, while senators Leila De Lima, JV Ejercito, Antonio Trillanes IV and Senate
[100]
Minority Leader Ralph Recto did not sign the report or did not subscribe to its findings.

Temporary cessation of police drug operations

Following criticism of the police over the kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo, a South Korean businessman, Duterte ordered the
police to suspend drug-related operations while ordering the military and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency to continue drug
operations.

Amnesty International investigation

On January 31, 2017, Amnesty International published a report of their investigation of 59 drug-related killings in 20 cities and
towns, "If you are poor you are killed": Extrajudicial Executions in the Philippines' "War on Drugs", which "details how the police
have systematically targeted mostly poor and defenceless people across the country while planting 'evidence', recruiting paid killers,
stealing from the people they kill and fabricating official incident reports." They stated: "Amnesty International is deeply concerned
that the deliberate, widespread and systematic killings of alleged drug offenders, which appear to be planned and organized by the
."[5]
authorities, may constitute crimes against humanity under international law

A police officer with the rank of Senior Police Officer 1, a ten-year veteran of a Metro Manila anti-illegal drugs unit, told AI that
police are paid 8,000 pesos (US $161) to 15,000 pesos (US $302) per "encounter" (the term used for extrajudicial executions
disguised as legitimate operations); there is no payment for making arrests. He said that some police also receive a payment from the
funeral home they send the corpses to. Hitmen hired by police are paid 5,000 pesos (US $100) for each drug user killed and 10,000 to
[5]
15,000 pesos (US $200–300) for each "drug pusher" killed, according to two hitmen interviewed by AI.

Family members and witnesses repeatedly contested the police description of how people were killed. Police
descriptions bore striking similarities from incident to incident; official police reports in several cases documented by
Amnesty International claim the suspect’s gun “malfunctioned” when he tried to fire at police, after which they shot
and killed him. In many instances, the police try to cover up unlawful killings or ensure convictions for those arrested
during drug-related operations by planting “evidence” at crime scenes and falsifying incident reports—both practices
the police officer said were common.

— Amnesty International report “If you are poor you are killed”: Extrajudicial Executions
in the Philippines’ “War on Drugs”[101]
The report makes a series of recommendations to Duterte and government officials and departments. If certain key steps are not
swiftly taken, it recommends that the International Criminal Court "initiate a preliminary examination into unlawful killings in the
Philippines’s violent anti-drug campaign and related crimes under the Rome Statute, including the involvement of government
officials, irrespective of rank and status."[101]

The Guardian and Reuters stated that the report added to evidence they had published previously about police extrajudicial
executions. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella responded to the report, saying that Senate committee investigations proved that
there had been no state-sponsored extrajudicial killings.[102][103] In an interview on February 4, Duterte told a reporter that Amnesty
International was "so naive and so stupid", and "a creation of [George] Soros". He asked, "Is that the only thing you [de Lima] can
produce? The report of Amnesty?"[104]

De Lima was jailed on February 24, awaiting trial on charges related to allegations made by Duterte in August 2016.[105] A court
date has not been set.[106]

Arturo Lascañas
On February 20, Arturo Lascañas, a retired police officer, told reporters at a press conference outside the senate building that as a
leader of the Davao Death Squad he had carried out extrajudicial killings on the orders of Duterte. He said death squad members
were paid 20,000 to 100,000 pesos ($400 to $2,000) per hit, depending on the importance of the target. He gave details of various
killings he had carried out on Duterte's orders, including the previously unsolved murder of a radio show host critical of Duterte, and
confessed to his involvement with Matobato in the bombing of a mosque on Duterte's orders.[107][108] On the following day the
gin of ten votes to eight, with five abstentions.[109]
senate voted in a private session to reopen the investigation, reportedly by a mar

When Mayor Duterte sat down as mayor for the first time, we started what is called "salvaging" of people, these
people are suspects committing crime in Davao. W
e implemented the personal orders of Mayor Duterte to us.

— Arturo Lascanas, February 20, 2017[107]

On March 6, Lascanas gave evidence at the Senate committee, testifying that he had killed approximately 200 criminal suspects,
[110]
media figures and political opponents on Duterte's orders.

Allegations of police using hospitals to hide killings

In June 2017 Reuters reported that "Police were sending corpses to hospitals to destroy evidence at crime scenes and hide the fact that
they were executing drug suspects." Doctors stated that corpses loaded onto trucks were being dumped at hospitals, sometimes after
rigor mortis had already set in, with clearly unsurvivable wounds, having been shot in the chest and head at close range. Reuters
examined data from two Manila police districts, and found that the proportion of suspects sent to hospitals, where they are
pronounced dead on arrival (DOA), increased from 13% in July 2016 to 85% in January 2017; "The totals grew along with
[111]
international and domestic condemnation of Duterte's campaign."

Ozamiz raid, and death of Reynaldo Parojinog

On July 30, Reynaldo Parojinog, the mayor of Ozamiz City, was killed along with 14 others, including his wife Susan, in a dawn raid
at around 2:30 am on his home in San Roque Lawis.[112][113] According to police, they were on a search warrant when Parojinog's
bodyguards opened fire on them and police officers responded by shooting at them. According to police provincial chief Jaysen De
[114][115]
Guzman, authorities recovered grenades, ammunition and illegal drugs in the raid.

"One-time, big-time" operations

On August 16, over 32 people were killed in multiple "one-time, big-time" antidrug operations in Bulacan within one day.[116] On
Manila, 25 people, including 11 suspected robbers, were also killed in consecutive anti-criminality operations.[117] The multiple
deaths in the large-scale antidrug operations received condemnation from human rights groups and the majority of the
Senate.[118][119]

Youth casualties
On August 17, Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year [120][121]
-old Grade 11 student, was shot dead in an antidrug operation in Caloocan.
CCTV footage appeared to show Kian being dragged by two policemen. Police say they killed him in self-defense, and retrieved a
gun and two packets of methamphetamine.[120] Delos Santos was the son of an overseas Filipino worker, a key demographic in
support of Duterte.[122] The teenager's death caused condemnation by senators.[123][124] His funeral on August 25, attended by more
than a thousand people, was one of the largest protests to date against the Drug War.[125]

Carl Angelo Arnaiz, a 19-year-old teenager, last found in Cainta, Rizal, was tortured and shot dead also on August 17 (the same date
Kian delos Santos was killed) by police after robbing a taxi in Caloocan.[126] His 14-year-old friend, Reynaldo de Guzman, also
called under the nickname "Kulot", was stabbed to death thirty times and thrown into a creek in Gapan, Nueva Ecija. Along with the
[127]
deaths of Kian delos Santos, the deaths of the two teenagers also triggered public outrage and condemnation.

Human Rights Watch repeated their call for a UN investigation. HRW Asia director Phelim Kine commented: "The apparent
willingness of Philippine police to deliberately target children for execution marks an appalling new level of depravity in this so-
called drug war".[128] Duterte called the deaths of Arnaiz and de Guzman (the former being a relative of the President on his mother's
side) a "sabotage", believing that some groups are using the Philippine National Police to destroy the president's public image.[129]
Presidential spokesman Abella said "It should not come as a surprise that these malignant elements would conspire to sabotage the
president’s campaign to rid the Philippines of illegal drugs and criminality", which "may include creating scenarios stoking public
anger against the government".[128]

On August 23, 2016, a 5-year-old student named Danica May Garcia was killed by a stray bullet coming from the unidentified
gunmen in Dagupan City, Pangasinan during an anti-drug operation.[130] Another minor, 4-year old Skyler Abatayo of Cebu was
killed through an 'anti-drug operation'. Duterte insisted that the child was killed by drug suspects, not by his police force.[131] In the
first year of the Drug War, 54 children were recorded as casualties.[23]

Reshuffling of the Caloocan City Police

As a result of involvement in the deaths of teenagers like Kian delos Santos, and Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman, and
robbing of a drug suspect in an antidrug raid, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Oscar Albayalde ordered the
.[132]
firing and retraining of all members of the Caloocan City Police, with the exception of its newly appointed chief and its deputy

Transfer of anti-drug operationsto PDEA

On October 12, 2017, Duterte announced the transfer of anti-drug operations to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA),
ending the involvement of the Philippine National Police (PNP). The announcement followed the publication of an opinion poll on
October 8, showing a drop in presidential approval from 66% to 48%.[133] This is amidst the political storm and public outrage on
the murders of minors by the Caloocan City police, and the various murder cases allegedly done by other law enforcement agents that
surfaced in mainstream and social media.[134] In a televised speech, Duterte scoffed and mocked the "bleeding hearts" who
sympathized with those killed in the drug war, pointedly at the European Union, whom he accused of interfering with Philippine
sovereignty.[135]

Rodrigo Duterte's refutation to ASEAN representatives

In a speech before ASEAN representatives, Rodrigo Duterte refuted all extrajudicial killings related to the War on Drugs by stating
that these stories only serve as a political agenda in order to demonize him. He stated that he has only used his mouth to tell drug
users that they will be killed. He stated that "..."shabu" (crystal meth) users have shrunken brains, which is why they have become
violent and aggressive, leading to their deaths."[136] Duterte further added that all the drug pushers and their henchmen always carry
their guns with them and killing them is justifiable so that they would not endanger the lives of his men.[137] Duterte appointed a
human rights lawyer, Harry Roque, a Kabayan partylist representative, as his spokesperson. Roque stated that he will change public
[138]
perception by reducing the impact of the statements by which Duterte advocates extra-judicial killings in his war on drugs.

2018
In a speech on March 26, 2018, Duterte said that human rights groups "have become unwitting tools of drug lords". Human Rights
[139]
Watch denied the allegation, calling it "shockingly dangerous and shameful".

Consecutive assassinations of local government officials

The controversial Tanauan, Batangas mayor Antonio Halili was assassinated by an unknown sniper during a flag-raising ceremony on
July 2, 2018, becoming the 11th local government official to be killed in the Drug War. On the following day, Ferdinand Bote, mayor
of General Tinio, was shot dead in his vehicle inCabanatuan City.[140][141]

International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda expressed concern, over the drug-related killings in the
country, on October 13, 2016.[142] In her statement, Bensouda said that the high officials of the country "seem to condone such
killings and further seem to encourage State forces and civilians alike to continue targeting these individuals with lethal force."[143]
She also warns that any person in the country who provoke "in acts of mass violence by ordering, requesting, encouraging or
contributing, in any other manner, to the commission of crimes within the jurisdiction of ICC" will be prosecuted before the
court.[144] About that, Duterte is open for the investigation by the ICC, Malacañang said.
[144]

In February 2018, the ICC announced a “preliminary examination” into killings linked to the Philippine government's “war on
drugs”. Prosecutor Bensouda said the court will “analyze crimes allegedly committed in [the Philippines] since at least 1 July 2016.”
Duterte's spokesman Harry Roque dismissed the ICC's decision as a “waste of the court’s time and resources”.[145][146][147] In
March, Duterte announced his intention to withdraw the Philippines from the ICC tribunal, which is a process that takes a
year.[148][139]

In August 2018, activists and eight families of victims of the Drug War filed a second petition with the ICC, accusing Duterte of
murder and crimes against humanity, and calling for his indictment for thousands of extrajudicial killings, which according to the 50-
page complaint included "brazen" executions by police acting with impunity. Neri Colmenares, a lawyer acting for the group, said
that "Duterte is personally liable for ordering state police to undertake mass killings". Duterte threatened to arrest the ICC prosecutor
Bensouda.[149]

Reactions

Local
Senator Risa Hontiveros, an opponent of Duterte, said that the Drug War was a political strategy intended to persuade people that
"suddenly the historically most important issue of poverty was no longer the most important."[37] De Lima expressed frustration with
the attitude of Filipinos towards extrajudicial killing: "they think that it's good for peace and order. We now have death squads on a
national scale, but I'm not seeing public outrage."[37] According to a Pulse Asia opinion poll conducted from July 2 to 8, 2016, 91%
of Filipinos "trusted" Duterte.[150] A survey conducted between February and May 2017, by PEW research center, found that 78% of
the Filipinos support the drug war.[151] A survey in September 2017 showed 88% support for the Drug War, while 73% believed that
extrajudicial executions were occurring.[20]

Dela Rosa announced in September 2016 that the Drug War had "reduced the supply of illegal drugs in the country by some 80 to 90
percent",[152] and said that the War was already being won, based on statistical and observational evidence.[153] Aljazeera reported
that John Collins, director of theLondon School of Economics International Drug Policy Project, said: "Targeting the supply side can
have short-term effects. However, these are usually limited to creating market chaos rather than reducing the size of the market. ...
What you learn is that you're going to war with a force of economics and the force of economics tends to win out: supply, demand
and price tend to find their own way." He said it was a "certainty" that "the Philippines' new 'war' will fail and society will emerge
worse off from it."[37] In June 2017 the price of methamphetamine on the streets of Manila was lower than it had been at the start of
Duterte's presidency, according to Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency data. Gloria Lai of the
International Drug Policy Consortium
commented: "If prices have fallen, it's an indication that enforcement actions have not been fective".
ef [154]

The Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr., quelled fears that foreign investors might
be put off by the increasing rate of killings in the country, explaining at a press conference on September 19, 2016, that investors only
care about profit: "They don't care if 50 percent of Filipinos are killing each other so long as they're not affected".[155] On the
following day the Wall Street Journal reported that foreign investors, who account for half of the activity on the Philippine Stock
Exchange, had been "hightailing it out of town", selling $500 million worth of shares over the past month, putting pressure on the
Philippine peso which was close to its weakest point since 2009.[156]

The Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Tagle acknowledged that people were right to be "worried about extrajudicial killings",
along with other "form[s] of murder": abortion, unfair labor practices, wasting food, and "selling illegal drugs, pushing the youth to
go into vices".[157]

International
During his official state visit to the Philippines in January 2017, Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzō Abe said: "On countering illegal drugs, we want to work together
with the Philippines through relevant measures of support". He offered financial
assistance for Philippine drug rehabilitation centres, and made no mention of deaths
resulting from the drug war. He announced a $800 million Official Development
[158]
Assistance package to "promote economic and infrastructure development".

Gary Song-Huann Lin, the representative of Taiwan in the Philippines, welcomed

Duterte's plan to declare a war against criminality and illegal drugs. He said Taiwan Protest against the Philippine war on
drugs in front of the Philippine
is ready to help the Philippines combat cross-border crimes like human and drug
Consulate General in New York City.
trafficking.[159]
The protesters are holding placards
which urge Duterte to stop killing
On July 19, 2016, Lingxiao Li, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Manila,
drug users.
announced China's support for the Drug War: "China fully understands that the
Philippine government under the leadership of H. E. President Rodrigo Duterte has
taken it as a top priority to crack down drug-related crimes. China has expressed explicitly to the new administration China's
willingness for effective cooperation in this regard, and would like to work out a specific plan of action with the Philippine side." The
statement made no reference to extrajudicial killings, and called illegal drugs the "common enemy of mankind".[160][161][162] On
September 27, the Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua reiterated that "Illegal drugs are the enemy of all mankind" in a statement
[163]
confirming Chinese support for the Duterte administration.

Indonesian National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian commented in regards to Indonesia's rejection of a similar policy for
Indonesia: "Shoot on sight policy leads to abuse of power. We still believe in the presumption of innocence. Lethal actions are only
warranted if there is an immediate threat against officers... there should not be a deliberate attempt to kill".[164] In September 2016
Budi Waseso, head of Indonesia's National Anti-Narcotics Agency (BNN), said that he was currently contemplating copying the
Philippines' hardline tactics against drug traffickers. He said that the Agency planned a major increase in armaments and recruitment.
An Agency spokesman later attempted to downplay the comments, stating: "We can't shoot criminals just like that, we have to follow
the rules."[165] Most recently, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo used the language of “emergency” to ramp up the
country's war on drugs, in a move that observers see as "in step with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte’s" own campaign against the
illegal drug trade.[166]

On October 16, prior to Duterte's departure for a state visit to Brunei, the President said he would seek the support of that country for
his campaign against illegal drugs and Brunei's continued assistance to achieve peace and progress in Mindanao.[167] This was
responded positively from Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in the next day according to Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto
Yasay Jr.[168] Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said "he respect the method undertaken by the Philippine
government as it is suitable for their country situation", while stressing that "Malaysia will never follow such example as we have our
own methods with one of those such as seizing assets used in drug trafficking with resultant funds to be channelled back towards
[169]
rehabilitation, prevention and enforcement of laws against drugs".

On December 3, 2016, Duterte said that during a phone conversation on the previous day with then-United States President-elect
Donald Trump, Trump had invited him to Washington, and endorsed his Drug War policy, assuring him that it was being conducted
"the right way".[170] Duterte described the conversation:

I could sense a good rapport, an animated President-elect Trump. And he was wishing me success in my campaign
against the drug problem. [...] He understood the way we are handling it, and I said that there’s nothing wrong in
protecting a country. It was a bit very encouraging in the sense that I supposed that what he really wanted to say was
that we would be the last to interfere in the affairs of your own country.[171]

On December 16, Duterte and Singaporean President Tony Tan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed to work together in the
fight against terrorism and illegal drugs. In a meeting during a state visit both parties discussed areas of cooperation between the two
countries.[172]

The European Parliament expressed concern over the extrajudicial killings after a resolution on September 15, stating: "Drug
trafficking and drug abuse in the Philippines remain a serious national and international concern, note MEPs. They understand that
millions of people are hurt by the high level of drug addiction and its consequences in the country but are also concerned by the
'extraordinarily high numbers killed during police operations in the context of an intensified anti-crime and anti-drug campaign."[173]
In response, at a press conference Duterte made an obscene hand gesture and called British and French representatives "hypocrites"
because their ancestors had killed thousands of Arabs and others in the colonial era. He said: "When I read the EU condemnation I
told them fuck you. You are doing it in atonementfor your sins. They are now strict because they have guilty feelings. Who did I kill?
[174][175]
Assuming that it's true? 1,700? How many have they killed?"

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, in a visit to the Philippines in March 2017, warned that unless the Philippines addresses
human rights issues, the EU would cancel tariff-free export of 6,000 products under the Generalized System of Preferences.
[158]
Presidential spokesmanErnesto Abella dismissed the concerns, saying that they revealed European ignorance.

On December 24, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Edward Markey, and Christopher Coons expressed their concerns regarding the
alleged extrajudicial killings and human rights violations in Duterte's war on drugs. Through a letter sent to the U.S. Department of
State, they noted that instead of addressing the drug problem, investing in treatment programs or approaching the issue with an
emphasis on health, Duterte has "pledged to kill another 20,000 to 30,000 people, many simply because they suffer from a drug use
disorder." Rubio, Markey and Coons also questioned U.S. secretary of state John Kerry's pledge of $32-million funding for training
and other law-enforcement assistance during his visit to Manila.[176][177] In May 2017, Senator Rubio, along with Senator Ben
[178]
Cardin, filed a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate to restrict the exportation of weapons from the U.S. to the Philippines.

The US ambassador in Manila announced on December 14, 2016, that the US foreign aid agency, the Millennium Challenge
Corporation, would cancel funding to the Philippines due to "significant concerns around rule of law and civil liberties in the
Philippines", explaining that aid recipients were required to demonstrate a "commitment to the rule of law, due process and respect
for human rights". The MCC had disbursed $434 million to the Philippines from 2011 to 2015. The funding denial was expected to
[158]
lead to the cancellation of a five-year infrastructure development project previously agreed to in December 2015.

In February 2017, formerColombian President César Gaviria wrote an opinion piece on The New York Times to warn Duterte and the
administration that the drug war is "unwinnable" and "disastrous", citing his own experiences as the President of Colombia. He also
criticized the alleged extrajudicial killings and vigilantism, saying these are "the wrong ways to go". According to Gaviria, the war on
drugs is essentially a war on people.[179] Gaviria suggested that improving public health and safety, strengthening anti-corruption
measures, investing in sustainable development, decriminalizing drug consumption, and strengthening the regulation of therapeutic
goods would enhance supply and demand reduction. In response to Gaviria, Duterte called him an "idiot", and said the issue of
.[180][181]
extrajudicial killings should be set aside, and that there were four to five million drug addicts in the country

In September 2017, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano delivered a speech at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly,
during which he argued that extrajudicial killings were a myth, and that the Drug war, which according to Human Rights Watch has
[182]
resulted in 13,000 deaths to date, was being waged to "protect (the) human rights of...the most vulnerable (citizens)".

In October 2017, Secretary Cayetano was interviewed by the Qatari news outlet al-Jazeera. He asserted that all 3,900 people who
were killed in the drug war fought against the police despite there having been no investigations conducted prior to the drug busts. He
also rebuffed all claims that the drug war was against its people.[183]

38-nation statement against the drug war

On June 19, 2018, 38 United Nations member states released a collective statement through the United Nations Human Rights
Council (UNHRC), calling on the Republic of the Philippines and Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to stop the killings in the
country and probe abuses caused by the deadly drug war. The 38 nations included Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.[184][185][186]

In popular media

Television
, Brillante Mendoza.[187]
On April 9, 2018, Netflix aired its first series from the Philippines entitled, AMO, made by Filipino director

Music
"Hustisya" is a rap song about the drug war which was created by local artists inspired by the death of their friend immortalized in a
photograph often compared to Michelangelo'sPieta.[188]

In December 2016, American singer James Taylor posted on social media that he had cancelled his concert in Manila, which was set
.[189][190]
for February 2017, citing the increasing number of deaths related to the drug war

Photography
On April 11, 2017, The New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography on their Philippine Drug war report. The
story was published on December 7, 2016, and was titled They
" Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals".[191]

The La Pieta[192] or the "Philippines Pieta", named after the sculpture by Michelangelo, refers to the photograph of Jennilyn Olayres
holding the lifeless corpse of Michael Siaron, who was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pasay, Metro Manila, on July 23, 2016.
The image was widely used in the national press.[193] The death of Michael Siaron remains unsolved for almost a year. Malacañang
asserts that the man behind the killing were committed by drug syndicates themselves.[194] After Siaron was shot dead by
unidentified assailants, a writing on a cardboard states, "W .[194] One
ag tularan si Siaron dahil pusher umano," was placed on his body
year and three months after he was killed, the police identified as the suspected assailant as Nesty Santiago through a ballistic exam
on the recovered firearm.[195] Santiago was apparently a member of a syndicate involved in robberies, car thefts, hired killings and
illegal drugs. The Pasay City Police declared his death as "case closed". However, Santiago was also killed by riding-in-tandem on
December 29, 2016.[195] No further investigation were made.[195]

A photo of a body of an alleged drug dealer, killed during a police anti-drug operation, in Manila by Noel Celis has been selected as
one of Time Magazine's top 100 photos of 2017.[196]

Mobile gaming
There are various mobile games featuring Duterte fighting criminals,[197] many of which have since been censored by Apple Inc.
from their App Store following an appeal by various regional organizations.[198]

See also
Mega Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center
War on Drugs
Mexican Drug War
Human rights in Thailand#Deaths relating to the 2003 war on drugs
Illegal drug trade in the Philippines
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
2017 Bureau of Customs drug smuggling scandal

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External links
The Kill List – published by the Philippine Daily Inquirerin an attempt to document the casualties of the Philippine
Drug War.
The Duterte list: Judges, mayors, police officials linked to drugs - A list of officials who are allegedly involvedin drug
trade named by President Rodrigo Duterte on early morning of August 7, 2016.

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