C. Espiritu

Extrajudicial killings in the Philippines: the case of the Duterte administration (2016–2022)

The article examines the factors that shape the Philippine government’s liability for the extrajudicial killings committed during the 2016–2022 antidrug campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte. While there was no explicit state policy that ordered the outright killing of drug suspects, it is argued that the ambiguous ope...