Archive - The ICC Probe

Salvador Medialdea falsely claimed "there was no mention" of jurisdiction in the 2021 ruling of the ICC authorizing the investigation of EJKs under the Duterte administration's drug war.

Lawyer Raul Lambino, a senatorial aspirant under the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, falsely claimed that not all EJKs are illegal.

Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said the formal naming of the five former and current PNP officials in Duterte’s drug war probe puts them in the “blue notice” of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).

This was not the first time that Dela Rosa questioned the ICC's involvement in the victims' pursuit of justice.

Efren Morillo, the lone survivor of a 2016 “Oplan Tokhang,” continues to fight for justice against the unlawful and violent police operation.

Fr. Flavie: Dambana is “a landmark to remember the injustices of the war-on-drugs of the Duterte administration and to celebrate our people’s prophetic faith that will not be silenced.”

The German government is “encouraging” the Philippines to cooperate with and rejoin the International

“Sara advised abduction and burial at Laud Quarry” - Arturo Lascañas

“Polong was the mastermind in the smuggling of shabu in the Port of Davao, and I was one of his conduits or front men ” - Arturo Lascañas

Lascañas reveals plots to kill De Lima and Fr. Lamata, the real reason Parojinog and members of his family were murdered and Duterte’s instruction to rape women drug suspects.

To be a major assassin in the Davao Death Squad, Rodrigo Duterte insisted on one requirement: omerta.

If the Philippine government refuses to cooperate with an international inquiry of the bloody “Tokhang” operations during the Duterte administration, then it should undertake an investigation of the alleged role of former president Rodrigo Duterte to show it is not protecting perpetrators of crimes against humanity and other atrocities. The demand for a probe came

While Malacanang continued to remain silent, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said he will advise Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra to stop engaging with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its rejection of the government’s appeal to stop the resumption of the investigation on the Philippines’ war on drugs

ICC Presiding Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut: I would like to state that it [appeal] is rejected by the Appeals Chamber by majority and that the impugned decision is therefore confirmed.

Aside from former president Rodrigo Duterte, Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, and senators Bato de la Rosa and Bong Go were named in a document submitted to the ICC probing the killings related to the drug war during the previous administration and when Duterte was mayor of Davao City.

Nangako si Emily Soriano sa harap ng bangkay ng kanyang 15-taon gulang na anak na si Angelito na panagutin ang mga taong responsable sa kanyang pagkamatay. Pakinggan dito sa episode ng What the F?! Podcast kung bakit patuloy na lumalaban si Emily para makamit ang hustisya, hindi lang para kay Angelito kundi sa lahat ng mga biktima ng drug war.

Isa si Christine Pascual sa mga nanay na nagreklamo laban kay dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa ICC matapos mapatay ang kanyang anak dahil sa madugong war on drugs. Iyon na lang kasi ang nakikita niyang paraan para mapanagot si Duterte at mga kasabwat nito sa pagkamatay ng 17-taon-gulang na si Joshua. Pakinggan sa Episode 3, Season 2 ng What the F?! Podcast.

Families of the victims of the “drug war” are pushing for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to forge ahead with its investigation of the bloody campaign as they see no hope in getting justice even under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos. 

Dalawang anak ni Llore Pasco ang namatay dahil sa drug war sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Rodrigo Duterte. Sa halip na magmukmok, sumapi siya sa Rise Up for Life and for Rights para bigyang hustisya ang pagkamatay ng kanyang mga anak.

Nagpatay-patayan si Efren Morillo para makaligtas sa Oplan Tokhang noong 2016. ‘Yung apat na kasama niya patay lahat. Pinaghinalaan silang nagdodroga. Pakinggan natin ang kwento ni Efren dito sa Episode 1 ng Season 2 ng What the F?! Podcast ng VERA Files.

Naghihintay pa rin ng desisyon sa apela ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas para pigilan ang pagpapatuloy ng drug war probe ng ICC. Sakaling matuloy ang imbestigasyon ng ICC, ano na ang susunod na hakbang?

The government has suffered another setback in its effort to stop the investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on drug-related crimes during the Duterte administration as an office of public lawyers in the tribunal shot down all the arguments it presented.    In an April 18 submission, the Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV)

The government wants to refute the arguments made by International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan last week in pressing to continue its investigation into alleged crimes against humanity under the Duterte administration’s “war on drugs.” 

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has insisted that the “extremely serious” drug-related crimes committed during the Duterte administration were encouraged by the former president himself and other top state officials.