Counter-Terrorism in the Philippines: Review of Key Issues

• Main Authors: Mendoza, Ronald U, Ong, Rommel Jude, Romano, Dion Lorenz
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: anti-terrorism; Philippines; Defense and Security Studies; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/172; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3642311
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Last June 1, 2020, President Duterte certified the Anti-Terrorism Bill as urgent. Subsequently, Congress adopted the Senate version and passed it in the shortest time possible. The bill was intended to provide measures for the protection of the ordinary Filipino from acts of terrorism, and should ha...