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UN envoy in Philippines rebukes Duterte's war on drugs

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    Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, talks to the media after her speech at a drug policy forum at University of the Philippines, Friday, May 5, 2017 in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Callamard has rebuked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly campaign against illegal drugs, saying world leaders have recognized it does not work. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2016 file photo, police investigators examine the body of one of the three suspects killed in an alleged sting operation by the authorities in the continuing "War on Drugs" campaign of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte before dawn in Caloocan, north of Manila, Philippines. The U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions has rebuked Duterte's deadly campaign against illegal drugs, saying world leaders have recognized it does not work. Agnes Callamard told a forum in Manila on Friday, May 5, 2017, that badly thought out policies not only fail to address drug abuse and trafficking but compound them and foster a regime of impunity infecting the whole society. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File) (The Associated Press)

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    Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, talks to the media after her speech at a drug policy forum at University of the Philippines, Friday, May 5, 2017 in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Callamard has rebuked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly campaign against illegal drugs, saying world leaders have recognized it does not work. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (The Associated Press)

MANILA, Philippines – The U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions has rebuked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly campaign against illegal drugs, saying world leaders have recognized it does not work. Agnes Callamard told a forum in Manila on Friday that badly thought out policies not only fail to address drug abuse and trafficking but compound them and foster a regime of impunity infecting the whole society.

Callamard is an early critic of the Philippine president and has been challenged by Duterte to debate his war on drugs that has left thousands of suspected drug dealers and users dead.

She says U.N. member countries in a joint commitment issued last year have called for a multi-faceted and scientific approach that promotes the dignity and human rights of individuals and communities.