The Philippines has hired an international lawyer to help the country in its appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reverse its decision to resume the probe into the Duterte administration’s war on illegal drugs.
“We engaged Ms. Sarah Bafadhel, she is a British barrister, she has her chambers in London, but she is practicing at the ICC at The Hague, the Netherlands,” Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra told CNN Philippines’ “The Source” on Wednesday.
Justice officials in the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have insisted that the ICC need not proceed with its investigation as the Philippines has a functioning democracy.Following the ICC’s decision to issue a warrant of arrest for Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the Ukraine-Russia War, Guevarra also said that while issuing a warrant is within the court’s powers, whether the same could be enforced is another thing altogether.
As for Bafadel, “International criminal law is her field of expertise and we chose her from a list supplied to us by the Philippine Embassy at the Hague,” the SolGen said.
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