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.