“License to Kill”

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Norberto Maderal, George Avanceña, October 19 .................................................................... 73 Heart de Chavez, January 10; “Joan,” January 13, 2017 ............................................................. 75 Unidentified person, January 14 .............................................................................................. 76 III. Prohibition of Extrajudicial Executions under International and Philippine Law ............ 79 International Law .................................................................................................................... 79 Philippine Law ........................................................................................................................ 81 IV. Criminal Responsibility of President Duterte and Senior Government Officials ............. 82 Legal Bases for Criminal Responsibility .................................................................................. 82 Responsibility of President Duterte ........................................................................................ 86 Responsibility of Duterte’s Senior Officials .............................................................................. 93 Promised Immunity to Subordinate Commanders .................................................................... 95 V. International Response to Duterte’s “War on Drugs”..................................................... 97 The United States ................................................................................................................... 97 The European Parliament and European Union ...................................................................... 102 Japan ................................................................................................................................... 103 China ................................................................................................................................... 104 Russia .................................................................................................................................. 106 The United Nations ............................................................................................................... 107 The International Criminal Court ............................................................................................ 111 Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 112 To the President of the Philippines ........................................................................................ 112 To the Philippine Congress ................................................................................................... 112 To the Philippine National Police ...........................................................................................113 To the Department of Justice ..................................................................................................113 To the Commission on Human Rights .................................................................................... 114 To the Office of the Ombudsman ........................................................................................... 114 To the Department of Health .................................................................................................. 115 To Foreign Donors and Partners, including the United States, European Union, Japan, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank ................................................................................. 115 To the United States Government .......................................................................................... 116 To the United Nations ........................................................................................................... 116 VI. Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................... 118 Annex I: Excerpts from Police Reports Describing “Buy Bust” Police Killings ................... 119
Unidentified male, 35-40 (Injured) ........................................................................................ 119 Alias “Buko,” 25-30 (Deceased)............................................................................................ 119 Eduardo Salanova, alias “Baloloy,” 35-40 (Deceased)........................................................... 119 Ronnie Bucao, 50 (Deceased) ............................................................................................... 120 Paul Dumagas, 37 (Deceased)............................................................................................... 120 Noel Aquilaña, alias “Nognog,” 34 (Deceased)...................................................................... 120 Unidentified male, 30-35 (Deceased) .................................................................................... 120 Tirso Halaba, 44 (Deceased) ................................................................................................. 121 Alias “Botoy Castel,” 35-40 (Deceased); Alias “Junior Saksak,” 35-40 (Deceased); Ricardo Tudla, 40 (Deceased) ...................................................................................................................... 121 Jayson Garado, alias “Miming,” 31 (Deceased)...................................................................... 121 Benjamin del Rosario, 29 (Deceased).................................................................................... 122 SPO2 Randy Bandong, 37 (Deceased) ................................................................................... 122 Juanito Llamas, of legal age (Deceased); Unidentified male, (Deceased) ............................... 122 Vicente Moulic, alias “Enting,” 57 (Deceased) ....................................................................... 122 Napoleon Miras Ai-Ai, alias “Nono,” 27 (Deceased)............................................................... 123 Jay Reloza, alias “Joey,” of legal age (Deceased); Jestoni Bernardo, 27 (Deceased) ................ 123 Florentino Santos, alias “Ante,” 44 (Deceased) ..................................................................... 123 Greg Perez, 30 (Deceased) .................................................................................................... 123 Renato Basila, 51 (Deceased)................................................................................................ 124 Domingo Calinaoan, alias “Inggo,” unknown (Deceased) ...................................................... 124 Marco Castillo, alias “Makoy,” 39 (Deceased) ....................................................................... 124 Jeffrey Fernandez, of legal age (Deceased) ............................................................................ 124 Edward Sentorias alias “Bebang Bulag,” 33 (Deceased) ........................................................ 124 Garry Catungal, alias “Opay,” of legal age (Deceased); Reynaldo Cornel, 47 (Deceased) ........ 125 Erwin Bato, age unknown (Deceased) ................................................................................... 125
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no reason to lie about this. That i
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Napoleon Miras Ai-Ai, July 24 Baran
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[T]he suspect sensed that he was be
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Noel Alberto, “Sarah,” Septembe
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Antonio’s relatives believe that
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cops came on a motorbike. The unifo
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locked off the area and told the fa
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thereafter, gunshots rang out, and
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Virgilio Mirano, September 27 Baran
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Jury Jana, October 4 Baragay 120, C
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the police. 218 On October 20, the
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ody. They covered the body with a b
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Heart de Chavez, January 10; “Joa
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killings. The police report states
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III. Prohibition of Extrajudicial E
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Philippine Law The Philippine Const
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y the physical perpetrators needs t
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Unlike war crimes, crimes against h
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If I became president, you all shou
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etter believe me.” 296 Duterte to
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On September 20, Duterte responded
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noted, since Duterte has taken offi
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Promised Immunity to Subordinate Co
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V. International Response to Dutert
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Duterte responded: “Why are you s
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Shortly after the November election
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agree to be together or not, whethe
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Ahead of Duterte’s state visit to
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statement, stating, “Please formu
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suspected drug dealers and drug use
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The International Criminal Court In
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• End the criminalization of the
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To the Department of Health • Enc
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• Consider reviewing the Philippi
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Annex I: Excerpts from Police Repor
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direction of the approaching lawmen
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Napoleon Miras Ai-Ai, alias “Nono
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Garry Catungal, alias “Opay,” o
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