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The International Criminal Court cannot make "coercive actions" related to its ongoing investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs as the Philippines is no longer a party to the treaty that created the tribunal, according the Department of Justice said.
Vasquez made the pronouncement after Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said that the Philippines would not block the International Criminal Police Organization should it be tapped to implement the ICC's possible arrest order against the personalities involved in the drug war.Remulla, however, said that the government would still "study the possibilities or the implications of dealing with the Interpol on this matter.
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