Amnesty International secretary-general Agnes Callamard says national investigations into extrajudicial killings under the Duterte administration 'should not shy away from going as high as it must be into the chain of command and chain of responsibilities'
MANILA, Philippines – Former president Rodrigo Duterte should not be left out in local investigations into human rights violations during his administration, including the thousands of killings in his war on drugs, according to Amnesty International secretary-general Agnes Callamard.
Callamard said that there is “little, minimal, to no progress” in the Philippines, even if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his government’s rhetoric say otherwise. If he was genuine in his respect for human rights, the first step must be the conduct of genuine investigations into the killings that must not spare no one, she said.
“Those investigations should not shy away from going as high as it must be into the chain of command and the chain of responsibilities,” she said in aon Tuesday, March 28, adding that Duterte’s incident and repeated calls for violence has been thoroughly documented. “These must be the subject of proper investigations to determine whether President Duterte actually committed a crime under international law and if he did, he should be indicted,” Callamard added.in police operations alone by May 2022, a month before he left office, according to government data. This number does not include those killed vigilante-style, which, to human rights groups, bring the estimated number of victims killed to between 27,000 and 30,000.
There is no significant development on the families’ quest for justice. Out of the thousands killed, only three have been convicted so far in relation to the drug war, including policemen involved in the killing of
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