
“I was in favour of [Duterte’s] slogan ‘Change’. All Filipinos want change. But no Filipino wants dead bodies all over the streets, and for the police killing people to become the norm.” Woman …
Extrajudicial killing - Wikipedia
It typically refers to government authorities, whether lawfully or unlawfully, targeting specific people for death, which in authoritarian regimes often involves political, trade union, dissident, …
The War on the Poor: Extrajudicial Killings and their Effects on …
Under international law, a “potentially unlawful death” is the product of an arbitrary, summary, or extra-legal execution or an alleged extrajudicial killing (EJK). In the event that the victim …
AJ Kalinga Foundation - Empowering the homeless and EJK victims
The PAGHILOM PROGRAM is designed to enable the marginalized, victims of various crimes and incidents, as well as widows, orphans, and family members of extra-judicial killing (EJK) …
‘Extra-legal’ and ‘extrajudicial’ killings, explained - VERA Files
2017年11月14日 · Speaking about the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, newly appointed Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque has alternately used the terms “extra-legal killings” (ELKs) …
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation - 2025 EJK Award Winners
“I am tremendously honored to receive the EJK Award and join its remarkable legacy. My book is about being kind to strangers, who may look or act differently. It’s about small caring gestures …
Why defining 'extrajudicial killings' in law is a vital step toward ...
2019年7月18日 · It seeks to define EJK as “the unlawful, and deliberate killing of targeted individuals or groups thereof, carried out by agents of the State and under its order of …
Lawmakers struggle to define EJK - Inquirer.net
2024年12月12日 · That law defines EJK as “all acts and omissions of State actors that constitute a violation of the general recognition of the right to life embodied in the Universal Declaration …
[ANALYSIS | Deep Dive] Finally, EJKs defined - RAPPLER
2019年2月21日 · Its significance lies in section 5 (l) which now, finally, defines “Extrajudicial Killings” or EJKs. This week, we take a Deep Dive into the new law, the definition of EJKs that …
EJK – Commission on Human Rights, Philippines
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes and fully supports the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent pronouncement to establish a dedicated task force to investigate and …