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.
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)
More than four years after it has been uttered, the statement from the ever-fluctuating Harry Roque only confirms the frail government position on the ICC case of Rodrigo Duterte. Shooting from the hips as always, Roque said then that the Duterte complaint before the ICC has been disproven by the Caloocan city regional trial court’s verdict convicting three police killers for the murder of 17-year old Kian delos Santos.
Nakasaad sa Paragraph 2, Article 127 ng Rome Statute, ang kasunduan na nagtatatag ng ICC, na ang isang state party ay hindi nalilibre sa mga obligasyon nito sa panahon ng pagiging miyembro nito kahit kumalas na ito. Ang Pilipinas ay isang state party mula Nobyembre 1, 2011 hanggang Marso 16, 2019.
This is the fourth time Remulla skipped context regarding the jurisdiction of the ICC.
Ang imbestigasyon ng ICC ay nasa paunang yugto ng pagsisiyasat at wala pang suspek na sinampahan ng kaso. Bagama't pinangalanan sina Dela Rosa at Duterte sa hiling noong 2021 ni dating ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda na maglunsad ng imbestigasyon, wala pang kinikilalang mga kakasuhan ang Office of the Prosecutor sakaling magsampa ng kaso.
Contrary to the report of Inquirer.net, the ICC probe is still in the preliminary investigation stage and no Filipino official has yet been charged.
By blocking the ICC probe through their legislative influence, aren't they putting the judicial system and Duterte's innocence in serious doubt? Therefore, the ICC probe becomes necessary.
Sa ilang pagkakataon mula noong 2016, may isang beses kahit paano sa isang taon na gumawa si Duterte ng mga pampublikong pahayag na nagpapahintulot sa mga alagad ng batas na pumatay ng mga suspek sa droga, partikular iyong mga pumapalag kapag inaaresto at lumalaban.
