The document summarizes the anti-drug campaign in the Philippines initiated by President Rodrigo Duterte which has been criticized for the large number of deaths resulting from alleged police operations and summary executions. It notes that while police reports claim 3,900 deaths were from legal operations, investigations found over 14,000 people have been killed in the drug war. In 2018, the International Criminal Court announced a preliminary examination into killings linked to the Philippine government's "war on drugs" since July 2016.

1. ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN
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2. The Philippine Drug War, also known locally as
the War on Drugs (Filipino: Giyera Kontra Droga,
lit. "War Against Drugs"), refers to the drug
policy in the Philippines initiated by
the Philippine government under
President Rodrigo Duterte.[13][14] It has been
criticized locally and internationally for the
number of deaths resulting from police
operations, and alleged summary executions.

3. According to police reports, 3,900 deaths were
legal operations and that all of those who died
fought against the police force. It was later
revealed by both local and foreign investigation
groups that more than 14,000 people have been
killed in the drug war from inception to March
2017. All deaths allegedly included Filipinos who
fought against the police and possessed definite
amount of drugs and guns, including teenagers.

4. In February 2018, the International
Criminal Court (ICC) in The
Hague announced a “preliminary
examination” into killings linked to
the Philippine government’s “war on
drugs” since at least 1 July 2016.

5.  Background[edit]
 See also: Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines
 Rodrigo Duterte won the 2016 Philippine presidential election on May 9 promising to kill tens of thousands
of criminals, and urging people to kill drug addicts.[16] As Mayor of Davao City, Duterte was criticized by
groups like Human Rights Watch for the extrajudicial killings of hundreds of street children, petty
criminals and drug users carried out by the Davao Death Squad, a vigilante group with which he was
allegedly involved.[17][18][19] Duterte has alternately confirmed and denied his involvement in the alleged
Davao Death Squad killings.[20]Duterte has benefited from reports in the national media that he made Davao
into one of the world's safest cities, and he cites this as justification for his drug policy,[21][22][23] although in
reality, police data shows that the city has the highest murder rate and the second highest rape rate in the
Philippines.[24][25]
 Philippine anti-narcotic officials have admitted that Duterte uses flawed and exaggerated data to support his
claim that the Philippines is becoming a "narco-state".[26] The Philippines has a low prevalence rate of drug
users compared to the global average, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime (UNODC).[27] Duterte said in his state of the nation address that data from the Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency shows that there were 3 million drug addicts 2 to 3 years ago, which he said may have
increased to 3.7 million. However, according to the Philippine Dangerous Drugs Board, the government drug
policy-making body, 1.8 million Filipinos used illegal drugs (mostly marijuana) in 2015, the latest official
survey published; a third of them had used illegal drugs only once in the past 13 months.

6. In speeches made after his inauguration on June 30, Duterte urged
citizens to kill suspected criminals and drug addicts. He said he would
order police to adopt a shoot-to-kill policy, and would offer them a
bounty for dead suspects.[16] On July 2, 2016, the Communist Party of
the Philippines stated that it "reiterates its standing order for
the NPA to carry out operations to disarm and arrest the chieftains of
the biggest drug syndicates, as well as other criminal syndicates
involved in human rights violations and destruction of the
environment" after its political wing Bagong Alyansang
Makabayan accepted Cabinet posts in the new government.[29][30] On
July 3, 2016, the Philippine National Police announced they had killed
30 alleged drug dealers since Duterte was sworn in as president on
June 30.[31][32] They later stated they had killed 103 suspects between
May 10 and July 7.

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