(12th UPDATE) Families, human rights groups, and other stakeholders bank on the ICC to bring justice to thousands of victims, as domestic mechanisms prove to be ineffective in the quest for accountability in the Philippines
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He calls the international court useless, saying it really is unable to help small countries. This would be the first of many instances when the President would publicly threaten and insult the ICC, including its officials. He requests the court to “commit and his senior government officials to the Trial Chamber for trial and that the Trial Chamber in turn, after trial, convict them and sentence them to corresponding prison sentence or life imprisonment.
Then-presidential spokesperson Harry Roque says Duterte welcomes this move “because he is sick and tired of being accused of the commission of crimes against humanity.”as a member-state of the ICC. In a written statement, the President says he is “withdrawing ratification of the Rome Statute effective immediately.”that withdrawal shall only take effect “one year after the date of receipt of the notification.
Her office, however, is yet to reach a decision on whether to seek permission to open a formal investigation, given the challenges brought about by restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.on the ICC to hold Duterte accountable for allegedly impeding justice, including instances when he repeatedly threatened Bensouda and the court.
The chamber also observes that “it is also apparent” that killings took place “pursuant or in furtherance of a state policy.” the Duterte government to cooperate with his office in the conduct of an investigation into the killings under the war on drugs, as well as those committed in Davao City between 2011 and 2016.
He adds that the government failed to show that any individual has been probed “for ordering, planning, or instigating” the killings. He also says there is no indication that “domestic authorities are investigating the alleged systematic nature of these and other killings.” In a document submitted before the appeals chamber, principal counsel Paolina Massidda said that halting the investigation will jeopardize the victims’ rights to “truth, justice, and reparations.”
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