VERA Files
Kamakailan, naglabas ng listahan ng departure requirements ang Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking para raw protektahan ang Filipino travelers at siguraduhin na hindi sila mabibiktima ng mga sindikato ng human trafficking. Makalipas ang isang linggo, Aug. 31, sinuspende ito ng Department of Justice.
This is the fourth time Remulla skipped context regarding the jurisdiction of the ICC.
It is part of the Philippines’ exercise of its sovereignty when it acceded to the Rome Statute in November 2011, hence binding the country to the treaty provisions from that date until its withdrawal on Mar. 16, 2019.
Nakasaad sa Article 127, paragraph 2 ng Rome Statute na ang isang bansang nag-withdraw ay nananatiling may mga pananagutan sa mga insidente na nangyari sa panahon ng pagiging miyembro nito. Bahagi ng paggamit ng Pilipinas ng soberanya nito ang pagsang-ayon sa Rome Statute noong Nobyembre 2011, na nagbubuklod sa bansa sa mga probisyon ng kasunduan mula sa petsang iyon hanggang sa pagkalas nito noong Marso 16, 2019.
Binatikos ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla ang International Criminal Court (ICC) dahil sa “pagpipilit na pumasok sa Pilipinas” upang imbestigahan ang mga pagpatay na may kaugnayan sa droga noong panahon ng administrasyong Duterte sa kabila ng pagkalas ng bansa sa Netherlands-based tribunal. Kailangan nito ng konteksto.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) for “insist[ing] on entering the Philippines” to investigate drug-related killings during the Duterte administration despite the country’s withdrawal from the Netherlands-based tribunal. This lacks context.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla inaccurately claimed that no other country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Remulla made the false statement during a Jan. 27 press conference when he was asked if the Marcos administration is discussing the possibility of having the […]
Hindi totoo ang sinabi ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla na walang bansa sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) na miyembro ng International Criminal Court (ICC).
Other countries’ declaration of an entity as “terrorist” is not part of the Philippines’ requirements to designate groups as “terrorist” under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed this complaint in 2020 due to lack of probable cause.