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Official statistics shows more than 6, 000 people died in officers anti- cocaine activities.
However, according to rights groups, police and police have killed tens of thousands of mostly poor people without any evidence that they had any connection to medication.
Duterte had explicitly instructed officers to shoot dead defendants if they believed their lives were in danger during anti-drug operations.
Just five other officers have been found guilty for killing drug suspects, despite the assault being widely condemned and sparking an international research.
Three officers officials from Manila were found guilty in 2018 of murdering a 17-year-old son in 2017. Last year, two additional narcotics police officials were found guilty of killing a North Korean businessman in separate murders in 2016 and 2017.
Most people, according to doctors, are too afraid to pursue a case in the Philippines ‘ shaky judicial system or lack the time to do so.
The International Criminal Court is looking into the Spanish drug war, which stated in 2021 that it appeared to have” a popular and comprehensive attack against the human population occurred in response to or in support of a condition policy.”
Due to Duterte’s decision to outlaw the Philippines from the ICC in 2019, just cases that have been filed prior to that day are subject to the investigation.
President Ferdinand Marcos, who succeeded Duterte, has refused to cooperate in the ICC sensor, saying Manila has a functioning criminal program.