“The day of reckoning is coming for Duterte and others.” On March 5, 2018, the Duterte government announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. On March 16, 2018, it formally submitted its Notice of Withdrawal through a Note Verbale to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet. These prompted the filing of petitions questioning …
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The ICC and Duterte, the next phase
“The International Criminal Court can only intervene where a State is unable or unwilling genuinely to carry out the investigation and prosecute the perpetrators.” The victims of the war against drugs inflicted by the Duterte administration on the Filipino people cry out for justice. Thousands have died from this war; many families have been affected. …
State of Accountability
“For one more time, we call on this administration to stop the killings and violence.” In his State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Duterte was expected to once again defend his failed war against illegal drugs. He was expected, again, to be defiant of the International Criminal Court as it decides to investigate the …
Conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity
“The evidence is abundant.” Quoting from International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Ms Fatou Bensouda’s “Request for authorisation to open an investigation into the situation in the Republic of the Philippines in connection with President Duterte’s war on drugs (WoD) campaign,” I feature in this column the findings and observations of the prosecutor to support her …
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Duterte should reconsider ICC strategy
“He must change course if he is to have a chance of averting arrest.” In this column, part of a series on ICC Prosecutor Ms. Fatou Bensouda’s Request for authorization filed before the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the situation in the Philippines between 1 November 2011 and 16 March 2019 in connection with …
Tony La Viña 