Permanent Peace Partnership
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a preliminary investigation into Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs.” The campaign has led to nearly 4,000 deaths since its beginni
Duterte is the epitome of the famous saying of the Father of the Philippines, Jose Rizal: 'Today's slave will be tomorrow's tyrant.' The failure of the constitutional mechanism in the Philippines has created a breeding ground for tyrants. In order to protect human rights, the Philippine people need to exercise their sovereignty to carry out comprehensive constitutional reform and adopt a modified semi-presidential system with a committee-style legislature. The executive, legislative, judicial and procuratorial heads should be elected in alternating years. For more, see the Charter for Permanent Peace.
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