'Let us just take 6,000 since it was the number said by Senator Dela Rosa. Those 6,000 cases need to be filed, witnesses have to be found, evidence has to be collected for each and everyone,” Neumann said.
The prosecution of perpetrators behind the thousands of killings blamed on the war on drugs under the Duterte administration "will take forever" with the current pace of the investigation, a member of the European Parliament subcommittee on human rights said on Friday.
“Let us talk about the investigation of extrajudicial killings that have happened," Neumann said at a news briefing as the delegation of EU MPs wrapped up their three-day visit, in which they met with Philippine officials in both the executive and the legislative branches. "Nine months into the new administration, 25 cases are being investigated and three people charged. This will go on forever if we go on like this. ICC’s support will ensure that the 6,000 cases will be investigated properly," she added.
Then President Rodrigo Duterte pulled the Philippines out of the Hague-based tribunal in 2019 after it began a preliminary probe into the crackdown, followed by the launch of a formal inquiry later that year.
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