Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, addresses a narcotics forum at a state-run university in Manila on May 5, 2017The United Nations' special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings condemned Friday the use of violence to combat illegal drugs, as she made a surprise visit to the Philippines that angered President Rodrigo Duterte. "The 'war on drugs' does not work," Callamard said. She praised people in the Philippines who had spoken out against Duterte's drug war. Duterte last year invited Callamard to visit the Philippines to investigate the killings, but set strict conditions including a demand that she have a public debate with him on the drug war. Duterte was elected last year largely on a law-and-order platform in which he promised to eradicate illegal drugs in the Philippines by killing tens of thousands of people.

Source: Egypt Independent May 05, 2017 06:56 UTC