In March 2017, Duterte issued an executive order creating the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-illegal Drugs (ICAD), composed of 21 government entities headed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), to lead the fight against the illegal drug trade.

2017年11月2日 · Called Mga Manananggol Laban sa Extrajudicial Killings (Lawyers against Extrajudicial Killings) or MANLABAN sa EJK, for short. The shorter name, which translates in English to “fight back against EJK,” takes reference to police claims that slain drug suspects “fought back” or nanlaban.

2021年7月25日 · MANILA, Philippines — As President Rodrigo Duterte prepares to deliver his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, families left behind by victims of extrajudicial killings (EJK) tied to the war on drugs and “Oplan Tokhang” remain in pursuit of …

This article argues that widespread EJK has, in fact, occurred. Furthermore, it argues that certain state strategies of denial have enabled and sustained this state killing; much as what Bruce Campbell and Arthur Brenner (2000) have argued that plausible deniability is a defining feature of EJK by death squads.

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 survived the incident, the violation is referred to as “frustrated or attempted extrajudicial killing.” How …

Extra Judicial Killing(EJK) is one of the major problems that the Philippine encounter in the past few years. Killing is done by the government authorities without undergoing any of the judicial proceeding. This killings was seen to be immoral for the Filipinos.

2017年11月2日 · MANILA (UPDATED) - Constitutionalists, human rights lawyers and several associations of law students launched on Thursday the legal alliance "Manlaban" to coordinate different legal challenges to extra-judicial killings (EJKs) and other human rights violations under President Rodrigo Duterte.

2018年10月23日 · We came up with our petition because of the victims of Extra Judicial Killings. They are the poor and they don't have the chance to fight for their own rights. We made this petition to fight for Human Rights. Let us help one another to stop the killings.

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 prosecute perpetrators of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) related to the anti-illegal drug campaign of the previous administration.

The document discusses extrajudicial killings (EJK) in the Philippines and arguments for and against the practice. It notes that drugs are linked to crimes and EJK was declared by President Duterte to address rising drug problems. Supporters argue EJK removes criminals harming society and deters further crimes, though it violates human rights.