Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 6) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor said the preliminary examination into alleged crimes against humanity committed during the Duterte administration’s drug war would continue despite the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute.
“The Office is continuing its assessment of the information available in order to reach a determination on whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that the alleged crimes fall within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Court,” ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in her annual report on preliminary examinations.
Since the first communication was filed in April 2017, the ICC Prosecutor’s Office has received 52 communications in relation to the war on drugs.
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