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Asian Development Bank has a chance to get the ‘do no harm’ principle right
Protesters say Asian Development Bank should get its 'do no harm' principle right in crafting its new ADB Environmental and Social Framework. —PHOTO COURTESY OF ASIAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT ON DEBT AND DEVELOPMENT
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July 10, 2024July 10, 2024Opinion

Asian Development Bank has a chance to get the ‘do no harm’ principle right

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The board of directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is currently reviewing the draft of a proposed Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), which outlines new operational policies to better address environmental and social risks in the bank’s projects.  This proposed framework seeks to update ADB’s 15-year-old Safeguard Policy Statement to ensure the relevance of...

Impunity may become institutionalized gov’t policy
Human rights activists condemn the Duterte administration's bloody war on illegal drugs. —HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PHOTO
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September 12, 2022September 19, 2023Crime, Opinion

Impunity may become institutionalized gov’t policy

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In seeking to quash the inquiry of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the Philippines’ “war on drugs,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. may be institutionalizing impunity for the systematic mass violence under his predecessor.  “Impunity” occurs if perpetrators of human rights violations and other crimes are able to avoid any procedure that can lead to...