Under Article 127 paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, a country that has withdrawn from the treaty is not cleared of its obligations when it was still a state-party.
Sen. Imee Marcos claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is on a “veto spree” of proposed laws due to “misunderstanding between the legislature and Malacañang.” This needs context.
In pushing for a bill that reinstates the death penalty for large-scale illegal drug trafficking, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that lethal injection is the “universally accepted” method of capital punishment. This is wrong.
Health experts from Meedan, a global technology nonprofit, emphasized that the research was “not the final study used to guide recommendations” on Dengvaxia. To date, Dengvaxia is recommended for persons aged 9 to 45 years old who have once been infected with the dengue virus.
Marcos was one of 17 senators who voted in Aug. 23, 2011 to ratify the Rome Statute, the treaty that founded the ICC.
