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Their unwillingness to lodge complaints, support prosecutions or otherwise act to obtain justice speaks to the total lack of confidence in the country’s rotten criminal justice system.
26 mar 2021 · The Philippine government must urgently put an end to the surge in often-deadly threats against judges and lawyers, Amnesty International said today, echoing the concerns of the country’s own Supreme Court and Senate this week.
21 mar 2023 · Since former President Rordrigo Duterte launched his so-called “war on drugs” in 2016, convictions of law enforcement officers have been rare. But the recent murder conviction of former police officer Jeffrey Perez shows signs of justice and accountability in the overburdened courts.
Philippines ranked 102 out of 139 countries on rule of law, dropping three positions • Deterioration in rule of law is spreading worldwide, as seen in the WJP Rule of Law Index® 2021. • Areas of greatest decline globally include constraints on government powers, civic space, timeliness of justice, and absence of discrimination.
29 maj 2014 · The solution to a broken justice system, however, is reform, not death squads, which violate not only the laws and constitution of the Philippines, but the human values that lie at their...
22 lis 2019 · The 2009 massacre prompted calls to fix the Philippines’ political, criminal, and judicial systems. While there have been efforts for judicial reform, legacies of dysfunction in the country...
The type of justice that leads to peace and prosperity continues to be elusive in the Philippines as the worsening scenario of jail congestion continues to manifest its malevolent implications for the human rights of prisoners.
