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2 U. Asia & Pacific L.J. 85 (2019)
An Unwinnable War: Locating the Value of Life in the Middle of the Philippines' Campaign against Illegal Drugs

handle is hein.journals/uaplj2 and id is 89 raw text is: AN UNWINNABLE WAR: LOCATING THE VALUE OF LIFE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHILIPPINES' CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLEGAL DRUGS* Ruby Rosselle L. Tugade ** I. INTROD UCTION ........................................................................ 86 II. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES AND SOCIAL IS S U E S ................................................................................... 8 7 III. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLEGAL DRUGS FROM THE LENS OF HUMAN R IG H T S .................................................................................. 8 9 A. ARBITRARY DEPRIVATION OF LIFE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW ......... 89 B. THE PHILIPPINE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK ON THE RIGHT TO L IF E ................................................................................. 9 2 IV. TOWARDS DIGNITY: INTERSECTIONS OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME ................................................ 95 A. CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING AND HUMAN D IG N ITY ............................................................................. 9 5 B. ENFORCING HUMAN DIGNITY: PROSPECTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUGS CAMPAIGN ................. 97 ABSTRACT The anti-illegal drug campaign of the Philippine government under President Rodrigo Duterte has exacted heavy social costs in the Philippines. It has also placed the institutions for accountability and democratic rule of law at a precarious situation. With the collective moral ethos of Philippine society heavily strained by the consequences of the anti-illegal drug campaign, the conceptually parallel ideas forwarded by Catholic social teaching on the one hand and human rights law on the other can potentially provide an oasis for making sense out of the so-called war on drugs. This paper presents the prospects of the intersection between the teachings of the Catholic Church-an institution held in high regard in Philippine society-and the different ideas underpinning human rights law as a potent counterpart to the war on drugs. Cite as Ruby Rosselle S. Tugade, An Unwinnable War: Locating the Value of Life in the Middle of the Philippine's Campaign Against Illegal Drugs, 2 U. ASIA & PAC. L.J. 85, (page cited) (2019). .. Member, Philippine Bar; Juris Doctor, University of the Philippines (2016); Vice Chair, Philippine Law Journal (Volume 88); A.B. Political Science, cum laude, Ateneo de Manila University (2010).

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