Contrary to President Marcos Jr.’s claims, the International Criminal Court still have jurisdiction to investigate drug war murders committed during Duterte’s reign.
the country was breaking off “contact and communications” with the International Criminal Court.
“We cannot cooperate with the ICC considering the very serious questions about their jurisdiction and about what we consider to be interference and practically attacks on the sovereignty of the Republic,” Marcos said.Marcos’ claims that the Philippines’ hands are tied regarding cooperation with the ICC are misleading. The sovereignty of the Philippines is not being attacked; rather, the country is being asked to abide by the conditions of a treaty it freely ratified.
that the U.N. investigate the killings, arguing the “scale of abuses reaches the threshold of crimes against humanity.” So, does the court have jurisdiction to investigate those crimes, since the Philippines withdrew from the ICC in 2019?"A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations arising from this Statute while it was a Party to the Statute … Its withdrawal shall not affect any cooperation with the Court in connection with criminal investigations and proceedings in relation to which the withdrawing State had a duty to cooperate and which were commenced prior to the...
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