Committee: School

Issue: Extra Judicial Killing

Country: Philippines
Delegate: Sir Ivan Conrad Pinto

On the campaign of President Duterte administrative against war on drugs where human rights
are violated. Extrajudicial killings have been the chief human rights concern in the Philippines
for many years and, after a sharp rise with the onset of the anti-drug campaign in 2016, these
continued in 2018 with an average of six persons killed daily in operations against illegal drugs,
according to the latest annual United States Department of State Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices (Brago, 2019).

MANILA, Philippines – Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday, July 18, said that the
rising death toll of children in the government's war against illegal drugs made it "even more
urgent" for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to conduct a probe.

"Marami nang bata ang nagbuwis ng buhay sa pekeng giyera ni Mr [Rodrigo] Duterte kontra
droga at patuloy pa itong tumataas. Kaya lalo’t higit nating kailangan ang pagpasok ng UNHRC
para silipin ang mga patayang ito," De Lima said.

(There are a lot of children lost their lives in Mr Duterte's fake war against drugs and this number
continues to rise. That's why we need UNHRC even more to come in and investigate these
killings.)

According to the Human Rights Watch, local rights monitors estimated that more than 100
children have been killed in the last 3 years of Duterte's flagship campaign.

De Lima, a former justice secretary and Commission on Human rights chief, reiterated that
Duterte's violent campaign would not end the drug problem in the country.

"Dapat nang magising sa katotohanan ang gobyernong ito na walang patutunguhan ang
madugong giyera kontra droga kundi pagdanak ng mas madami pang dugo ng ating mga
kabataan at mga walang kalaban-labang Pilipino," De Lima said.
(This government should wake up to the reality that the bloody war on drugs will not achieve
anything, but will only lead to more deaths among our youth and defenseless Filipinos.)

At least 6,000 suspected drug personalities have been killed in legitimate police operations,
while human rights groups pegged the number to reach more than 20,000 to include those killed
vigilante-style. (Rappler.com)

The Fourth Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey, fielded on December 16-19, 2018, found that
78% of adult Filipinos are worried that they, or anyone they know, will be a victim of
extrajudicial killings or EJK, up by 5 points from the 73% in June 2017

The survey found that 50% say only the poor are victimized by EJK, 3% say only the rich, and
48% say the problem does not choose a class. This is similar to June 2017 when 51% said only
the poor are victimized by EJK, 4% only the rich, and 44% said the problem does not choose a
class (2019).

A TOTAL of 3,257 extrajudicial killings (EJKs) were committed during the Marcos dictatorship.
In contrast, there were 805 drug-related fatalities from May 10 (when Rodrigo Duterte emerged
winner of the presidential election) to Aug. 12, per the Inquirer count.

If the current rate continues, the total number of EJKs for the six years of the Duterte
administration will end up about 700 percent more than the killings committed during the 14
years of the Marcos dictatorship.

President Duterte is either ill-advised or terribly underestimating the risk that he can be held
liable at the International Criminal Court, given the circumstances of the killings
(inquirernet.com, 2019).

As a student we stand for humanitarian so, we are not in favor in extra judicial killings or EJK
where people are being killed or accussed without due process of the court. We as a citizen of the
philippines should fight for the right of human.