The International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor has applied for an authorization with the pre-trial chamber (PTC) to open an investigation into the alleged crimes against humanity committed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent campaign against drugs
Human rights groups welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor’s announcement that it has already sought permission to open an investigation into the crimes against humanity allegedly committed under President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody campaign against drugs.
Several Philippine legislators hailed outgoing International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for calling for a probe against President Rodrigo Duterte over his bloody anti-illegal drugs campaign.
There is pressure now on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) to make a stronger move regarding the human rights abuses under Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte so that they could “reinforce” a potential investigation by the International Criminal Court.
Human rights activists, lawyers, religious leaders, and academics in Mindanao lauded the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for moving to start an official investigation into the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs, calling it a baby step in what is seen as a drawn-out legal battle for justice.
Leaders from the Roman Catholic and mainline Protestant churches expressed support for a recent move that may pave the way for the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Duterte government in its war on drugs.
The Philippines, not the International Criminal Court (ICC), must have the first crack at investigating the alleged extrajudicial killings (EJK) in its territory.
Outspoken lawyer Larry Gadon criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) which bared plans to investigate “crime against humanity of murder” in the Philippines.
In an online press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque believes the ICC would have a hard time finding evidence against Duterte since the Philippine government has no plan to cooperate with the international tribunal.
Mr Khan, a national of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was elected as ICC Prosecutor on 12 February 2021, for a nine-year term, at the second resumed nineteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (“ASP”) in New York.
The urgent need to act decisively to protect cultural heritage in times of war and conflict has driven the effort to produce this Policy. Mindful that wilful attacks on cultural heritage are a pervasive feature of conflict, and drawing upon the Preamble of the Rome Statute, the Prosecutor recalled that “all peoples are united by common bonds, their cultures pieced together in a shared heritage […] and this delicate mosaic may be shattered at any time.”
” Today, I announce that the preliminary examination into the situation in the Republic of the Philippines (“the Philippines”) has concluded and that I have requested judicial authorisation to proceed with an investigation. ”
Either to open investigations, or to conclude the preliminary examination subject to its re-opening upon a change in circumstances.
In particular, it examines the role the Office should play in a preliminary examination that faces a long-term, multi-layered domestic accountability process and proposes the development of a benchmarking framework moving forward.