The Netherlands-based International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday that it has found “reasonable basis to believe” that crimes against humanity were committed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs campaign.
Other than giving Oplan Tokhang defenders some brownie points to crow about in the eyes of their supporters, Jude Sabio's withdrawal of his communication does nothing to the preliminary examination being carried out by ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s office.
Last 17 May 2018, the Philippines deposited with the United Nations its written notification of withdrawal from the Rome Statue on the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute). This is pursuant to Article 127 of the Rome Statute which also states that the withdrawal takes effect a year after.
The one thing that spooks President Duterte fiercely is the case of crime against humanity brought against him before the International Criminal Court in The Hague which gave him the dubious distinction of being the first Southeast Asian leader to be charged before the ICC.
The U.S. signed the Rome Statute but did not ratify it.
It was not surprising that the Malacañang-friendly congressmen killed without much fuss the impeachment complaint against President Duterte filed by Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano Monday.
(Quote on immunity from suits starts at 17:40 mins) By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS In many of his speeches , President Rodrigo Duterte flaunts his immunity from suits as an armor amid mounting concerns about the extra-judicial killings in his campaign against illegal drugs. In a speech before troops at Camp Gen. Macario B. Peralta,
