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Human right Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in

the world, from birth until death. 

As no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due


process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of
the laws. Such as death penalty, The Philippine government began in
2020 to seriously consider legislation to reinstate the death penalty.
However there are various insights that it does not considering
human rights.

Security
The Philippines’ other major regional security concern is the spread
of terrorism and violent extremism. Domestically, peace with the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Muslim Mindanao seems to have
been brought within reach through the establishment of the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. So I considered this problem
should be resolute
In terms of Threats and attacks, including killings, against left-wing
political activists, environmental activists, community leaders,
Indigenous peoples’ leaders, journalists, lawyers, and others rose in
the past year. The government harassed journalists and media
companies, including through politically motivated prosecutions
and other legal action

War on drugs: Three years after President Rodrigo Duterte took


office in June 2016, his “war on drugs” has killed thousands of
people largely from impoverished urban areas. Extrajudicial killings
by police and their agents have continued on a regular basis,
spreading from the capital region, Metro Manila, into other cities
and provinces. The impact of the “drug war” includes not only loss
of life but damage to the livelihoods, education, and the mental
health of surviving family members.

Death penalty:
The Philippine government began in 2020 to seriously consider
legislation to reinstate the death penalty. The move in Congress
came a week after President Duterte used his State of the Nation
Address in July to call for capital punishment by lethal injection for
drug offenders.

Reinstating the death penalty would violate the Second Optional


Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(ICCPR), which the Philippines ratified in 2007.

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