JUSTICE AND HEALING: Even during a pandemic, extrajudicial killings remain rampant in Quezon City. A mass was held by Father Robert Reyes on September 9, 2020 at San Isidro Labrador Parish to pray for justice and healing for the families.
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS This study is limited to the data gathered so far by IDEALS from its human rights legal documentation program, where instances of HRVs committed during the Duterte administration are documented. However, for purposes of this study, HRVs that were committed that have no connection with the campaign against illegal drugs are outside the scope of this study. From the beginning of the program in late 2016 until February 2020, close to 500 cases of these HRVs have been documented. These cases form the
dataset of this study. The cases largely come from the National Capital Region with some from the neighboring provinces of Bulacan, Laguna, and Cavite, and others from the province of Cebu. For this paper, the focus will be the profiles of the victims and the circumstances of the HRVs committed against them. A more detailed discussion of the emerging patterns from these cases, as well as case studies highlighting unique human rights violations, will be the subject of a subsequent paper.
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