HUMAN RIGHTS Trends

AGAINST EJK

“Thou
President Rodrigo Duterte’s war
on drugs in the Philippines is
morally and legally unjustifi-
able. Resulting in egregious and
large-scale violations of human
rights, it amounts to state-
Shall
As of February 2018
sanctioned murder. It is also
counterproductive for counter-
ing the threats and harms that
the death toll in the not
the illegal drug trade and use government's war on
pose to society — exacerbating drugs has now
both problems while pro-
foundly shredding the social
surpassed 20,000
fabric and rule of law in the since President Submitted By
Philippines. The United States
John David P. Villaceran
and the international commu- Rodrigo Duterte came
Sumitted to
nity must condemn and sanc- to office in 2016.
tion the government of the Phil- Noemi Manalo
ippines for its conduct of the (Ted Regencia, News)

What is
Extra
Judicial
Killing?
Extra judicial killing
are killing performed by
people under the auspices
of the government, usually
for political reasons (such
as disposing of dissidents
or establishing social
control through state ter-
rorism), but without the
normal, established judicial
processes of capital
punishment.
What causes
Extra-Judicial
Killing?
Here are 3 causes of EJK in the
Philippines. The first cause of
EJK is President Duterte de-
clared war against drugs. He de-
cided this because there are a lot
of drug related crimes. The sec-
ond cause of EJK is police de-
fending themselves against drug
syndicate. This is a cause of EJK
because the police shoot out of
fear for their own lives. The
third cause of EJK is police er-
rors in identifying the members
of drug syndicate. This is a
cause of EJK because in the
process people get killed be-
cause of mistaken identity. Here
are 3 effects of EJK in the Philip-
The first effect of EJK is
drug syndicates are fighting
and killing many people in
between. The second effect of
EJK is some police use this as
a reason to justify their kill-
Effect
ings. The third effect of EJK is
innocent people are shot dead
and have nothing or anything
of
to defend themselves. These
are all effects of EJK because a
lot of people are affected to
EJK
EJK. 3 things you can do as
students. One as students can,
participate in rallies and noise
barrage. Two, we can learn
more about EJK and partici-
pate in discussions about it.
Third and last, we can also
pray for all the victims and
their families and ask God to
convert President Duterte’s
heart.
3. PROMOTE TRANSPAR-
ENCY AND ACCESS TO IN-
FORMATION
Countries successful at curbing corrup-
tion have a long tradition of govern-
ment openness, freedom of the press,
transparency and access to information.
Access to information increases the re-
sponsiveness of government bodies,
while simultaneously having a positive
effect on the levels of public participa-
tion in a country.
4.EMPOWER CITIZENS
Strengthening citizens demand for
anti-corruption and empowering
them to hold government account-
able is a sustainable approach that
helps to build mutual trust between
citizens and government. For exam-
ple, community monitoring initia-
tives have in some cases contributed
to the detection of corruption, re-
duced leakages of funds, and im-
proved the quantity and quality of
public services.
5. CLOSE INTERNATIONAL
LOOPHOLES Trends
Without access to the international fi-
nancial system, corrupt public officials
throughout the world would not be able
to launder and hide the proceeds of
looted state assets. Major financial cen-
tres urgently need to put in place ways
to stop their banks and cooperating off-
shore financial centres from absorbing
illicit flows of money.
(Transparency.org)
(In the Philippines)
The least corrupt countries
Submitted by
were found to be Denmark,
Michelle Joy S. Bayal
Finland, Sweden and
Submitted to
New Zealand.
Noemi Manalo
(Mich: Shall we go now there?)

COR
RUP
TION
Corruption is both a major
cause and a result of poverty
around the world. It occurs at
all levels of society, from local
and national governments, civil
society, judiciary functions, large
and small businesses, military
and other services and so on.
Corruption affects the poorest
the most, in rich or poor na-
tions, though all elements of so-
ciety are affected in some way as
corruption undermines political
development, democracy, eco-
nomic development, the envi-
ronment, people’s health and
more.
HOW TO STOP CORRUPTION?
“ROOT OF ALL
Here’s the Five key
EVIL”
Ingredients
The money that should
1. END IMPUNITY
be given to the people was
already in the pocket of Effective law enforcement is essential
every Corrupt Political man. to ensure the corrupt are punished
and break the cycle of impunity, or
This results Poverty.
freedom from punishment or loss.
This made poor people do
even the bad things– such as
2.REFORM PUBLIC
robbery, being a drug
ADMINISTRATION AND
p u s h e r, f o r w o m e n -
FINANCE MANAGEMENT
Prostitution, Kidnapping, or
worse, Death. Or killing.
Reforms focusing on improving finan-
This made the country, cial management and strengthening
especially the people, suffer the role of auditing agencies have in
many countries achieved greater im-
from all the bad things be-
pact than public sector reforms on
cause of Poverty that was curbing corruption.
caused by the Corruption.