Josiah David F. Quising

The Rodrigo Roa Duterte Case: An Explainer

Josiah David F. Quising
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is the first Filipino and the first Asian to be arrested by the International Criminal Court. He has been accused of orchestrating a series of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) that occurred during his time as mayor of Davao City (2011–2016) and continued under his anti-drug campaign as president (2016–2019). According to the ICC Prosecutor, this falls under what is called crimes against humanity—killings or exterminations committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population...
April 2025EnglishInternationalPoliticsRegional Tensions11 min read
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Josiah David F. Quising

Atty. Josiah David F. Quising is a part-time professor at the Far Eastern University- Institute of Law and a human rights lawyer engaged in legal and advocacy work with civil society organizations. He is a co-founder of Project Gunita, an initiative that helps preserve and promote historical memory, especially in relation to the Martial Law era in the Philippines. In 2022, he became a fellow of the Young Budget Leaders Program, where he proposed the development of a centralized complaints monitoring system that was implemented in 2024 and has since contributed to enhancing the documentation of human rights cases at the Commission on Human Rights. Currently, he works as a policy expert on healthcare waste management for a policy gap analysis project with Ban Toxics and a legal consultant for the Federation of Free Workers. Atty. Quising continues to contribute to various efforts advancing human rights, environmental justice, and legal empowerment, both in and outside the classroom.