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The commission said it reviewed 579 incidents of “drug-frelated extrajudicial killings” and violence from 2016 to February 2020, 451 of which were allegedly linked to police operations and involved 705 victims.
Records of at least 87 individuals showed they sustained multiple gunshot wounds, usually on the head, chest, trunk and abdomen, while blunt force was used on some, CHR said.
“The Supreme Court, in a decision on the plea of the self-defense of law enforcement, ruled that the location of a deceased aggressor’s gunshot wounds may suggest an intent to kill and not just defend oneself,” CHR said in a statement.
Duterte’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while the police said they will look into the CHR report.
Duterte has defended the police and argued that all those killed were drug dealers who resisted arrest.
The commission said police officers involved in 77 incidents it investigated were recommended to be “awarded, rewarded or recognized.”
The Philippines has come under pressure from the United Nations to investigate allegations of systematic murders of drug suspects, and the International Criminal Court recently announced it would investigate Duterte’s anti-drug campaign.
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