(August 5, 2022) – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s government is spreading same lies as the past Duterte administration when it claimed the International Criminal Court (ICC) no longer has jurisdiction over his predecessor’s bloody and brutal drug war policy, a rights group said on Friday.
The Center for International Law (CenterLaw), a non-profit formed by a group of lawyers advocating for human rights, said the international tribunal still retains jurisdiction over the killings committed before the country withdrew from the Rome Statute.
“As the Center for International Law of the Philippines, we reject these claims as grave and deliberate mischaracterizations of international law,” the group said in a statement.
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