Philippine authorities are in a wait-and-see mode in terms of local cases. The ICC, however, is taking notes.
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Meanwhile, “we are sure that the International Criminal Court is monitoring,” said Kristina Conti, counsel for the families of war on drugs victims, and an ICC-accredited assistant to counsel.infrastructure of Duterte’s national war on drugs The Department of Justice , which supervises both prosecutors and the National Bureau of Investigation , has the power to initiateHowever, Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez said they would have to wait first.
The Philippine National Police , which also has power to investigate, said it is now looking into Garma’s testimony specifically as it implicates the entire police institution. Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, who has firmly denied both the testimonies of Espinosa and Garma, said he is “fine” with PNP chief General Rommel Marbil initiating a probe.
All these incidents form part of the criminal theory of crimes against humanity under Duterte, which is what the ICC is exploring. Following this presidential policy, the quad committee is refusing to provide official documents to human rights lawyers who want to forward it to the ICC. But Barbers had already said before that all its hearings are open source. ICC can sometimes rely on open source information, as it had before.
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