Geoffrey Swenson and Anca Lordache

Dr. Geoffrey Swenson is a Senior Researcher within the Rule of Law Program at the Hague Institute for Global Justice.

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Rodrigo Duterte – the Philippines’s Human Rights Wild Card

Rodrigo Duterte – the Philippines’s Human Rights Wild Card

On 9th of May, Rodrigo Duterte, a long-time mayor of Davao City in the Southern island of Mindanao, was elected the new president of the Philippines, winning nearly 40 percent of the vote. Duterte’s success is unprecedented. He will ...