The Philippine government has expressed support for the United States' endorsement of the Summit for Democracy Declaration but disassociates itself from the declaration's reference to the International Criminal Court.
The Philippine government has expressed support for the United States' endorsement of the Summit for Democracy Declaration but disassociates itself from any reference to the International Criminal Court.
"While the current language provides a qualifier that the ICC’s role may be acknowledged provided it abides by the principle of complementarity, the Philippines’ earlier decision to withdraw from the ICC was precisely because the Court failed the test of complementarity," the Philippines said. To recall, the Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, in March 2019, under the leadership of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who launched the war against narcotics.
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