Special Report: The Criminal Justice System of the Philippines is Rotten Vol. 06 – No. 01 Vol. 6 – No. 01 February 2007 View this issue online at http://alrc.asia/article2/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/v06n01.pdf Table of contents Six suggestions to improve the criminal justice system of the Philippines The criminal justice system of the Philippines is rotten Appendix I: Statement of UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings after visit to the Philippines Appendix II: The Melo Commission Report Appendix III: Open letters to the Philippine authorities Appendix IV: Witness Protection, Security & Benefit Act Appendix V: Online petition—Stop the killings! Appendix VI: Concluding observations of the UN Human Rights Committee on the Philippines Foreword: The rotten criminal justice system of the Philippines must be cleaned out Introduction: The criminal justice system of the Philippines is rotten Rotten to the core: Unaddressed killings, disappearances & torture in the Philippines