A lawyer’s group specializing in international law has debunked three “lies” denying the authority of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the Philippine government’s controversial anti-drug campaign.
In an Aug. 5 statement, the Center for International Law of the Philippines (CenterLaw) rejected false claims, particularly that the ICC cannot investigate the crimes in relation to the government’s “war on drugs” due to the country’s exit from the Netherlands-based court in 2019.
“As the CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW of the Philippines …, we reject these claims as grave and deliberate mischaracterizations of international law … The Marcos administration advances the same lies as the Duterte presidency,” the group said.
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