Philippines refuses to work with ICC 'war on drugs' probe

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MANILA (Reuters) - The government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said it will not cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into his notorious war on drugs, or allow any investigators into the country.

Judges at the ICC on Wednesday approved a formal probe https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/international-court-approves-investigation-into-philippines-war-drugs-2021-09-15 into Duterte's bloody campaign, in which thousands of suspected drug peddlers have died, many executed by police, according to activists, who say law enforcement agencies have killed with tacit backing of the president.

"When we became a party in the Rome statute, we did not surrender our sovereignty and jurisdiction." The ICC was set up to prosecute war crimes https://www.reuters.com/world/what-is-international-criminal-court-2021-05-13, genocide and crimes against humanity and has jurisdiction if a member state is unable or unwilling to do so itself.

 

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