Explaining the reason for filing a resolution in the House of Representatives supporting former president Rodrigo Duterte against the International Criminal Court’s investigation into the drug war-related killings, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel falsely claimed that Duterte never ordered the killings of suspects in the bloody campaign against illegal drugs.
In the same interview, Pimentel claimed that the ICC has no jurisdiction over the Philippines following its withdrawal from the Rome Statute in 2019.
Article 127, paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC, provides that a country that has withdrawn is not cleared of its obligations for incidents that occurred when it was still a state party.
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