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Philippines’ Marcos Opposes

International Criminal Court Probe Into
Duterte’s Drug War
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International Criminal Court Probe

Into Duterte’s Drug War
On 6 February 2023, the Government of the
On 24 May 2021, the Prosecutor of the Philippines appealed.
International Criminal Court ("ICC")
requested authorisation from the Pre- On November 23, 2023, House Resolution 1477
Trial Chamber I (“PTC I”) to initiate an urges the Marcos administration to work with
investigation into crimes allegedly the ICC in the investigation into the alleged
committed on the territory of the crimes against humanity committed during
Philippines between 1 November 2011 Duterte's tenure. The resolution was authored
and 16 March 2019 in the context of by House Human Rights Panel chairperson
the Government of the Philippines' Bienvenido Abante Jr.
"war on drugs" campaign.
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“It’s not right for

Philippine President
outsiders to tell us who
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to investigate, who the
police will arrest or
detain,” Marcos told
reporters Friday. He
was reacting to a
proposal in the House International Criminal
of Representatives for Court’s investigation
the government to on Duterte’s anti-drug
cooperate with the campaign that killed
thousands.
 Said in a statement Thursday
that allowing the
international court to probe
her father is “patently
unconstitutional” and
“degrades our legal
PHILIPPINE VICE institutions.”
PRESIDENT AND FORMER
LEADER’S DAUGHTER
SEN. RONALD
“ B AT O ” D E L A
As a former chief of the PNP, the
ROSA senator is ready for the decision of
Former Chief of the Philippine the PBBM regarding the return of
National Police the Philippines to the ICC. He said in
an interview that he is willing to be
tried by a Philippine court and not by
a foreign body.
 A Philippine court has granted bail for Leila De Lima, one of the
most vocal critics of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war
on drugs” after being held in police custody for over six years.

De Lima -- who was a highly-paid lawyer before she switched to

human rights and was drawn into the deadly world of Duterte --
said she plans to go back to practising and teaching law to earn a
living.

For now, she was focused on helping the International Criminal

Court with its probe into Duterte's drug war, which killed more
than six thousand people, and pursuing those responsible for
her prosecution.

In an interview, she said that “My petition was always to allow

Atty. Liela De Lima the ICC to investigate. My petition has always been to rejoin the
Rome Statute, or the ICC. ”
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