UN accused over failure to investigate 'war on drugs' killings in the Philippines

Human rights groups calling for a probe into president Rodrigo Duterte's anti-narcotics crackdown say abuses continue

The UN human rights council has been accused of a collective failure" over its decision not to call for an investigation into the tens of thousands of killings alleged to have occurred under Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs".

Human rights groups and UN experts had repeatedly called for an inquiry into the anti-narcotics crackdown, launched by the president after he won the 2016 election on a promise to rid the country of drugs.