The Philippines has no duty to cooperate with the ICC in its investigation into the alleged human rights abuses committed during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said. | T2TupasINQ
“It tends to humiliate us in the eyes of the international community, and this affront is irreversible and incorrectible even if we eventually win on the merits of our appeal,” he added.
The ICC’s investigation centers on allegations of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations committed during the country’s war on drugs, which began in 2016.
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