The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday said forming a death squad is prohibited under the International Humanitarian Law (IHL). "IHL requires States to use only regular armed forces under strict military discipline thus this strictly prohibits death squads under all circumstances," Jose Luis Martin Gascon, CHR chairman, said in a statement. The CHR's remark came after President Rodrigo Duterte expressed plans to create his own death squad to match the Sparrow Units employed by the New People's Army (NPA) during the Marcos regime. READ: Duterte wants to create 'death squad' to counter NPA's Sparrow Unit While the CHR recognized government's duty to protect its citizens ...
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