Despite long ICC process, drug war victim's kin remains hopeful

Editor’s Note: The International Criminal Court on July 18, 2023 junked the Philippine government’s appeal against the continuation of investigations into drug-war related killings and the alleged death squad incidents in Davao City under Rodrigo Duterte. This move means that the ICC Prosecutor, Karim Khan, is free to move with his office’s probe and, depending on his findings, can request warrants or summons.

January 2017 marked the height of the war on drugs, with Duterte marking his first six months in office. At the time, at least 2,167 individuals had been killed in police operations alone. Thousands of others ended up dead, their heads wrapped in black garbage bags, and thrown into creeks or sidewalks, or simply shot point-blank by unidentified gunmen.

Mga ilang minuto na lang, may tumakbo na sa akin at sabi wala na siya, wala na iyong dati kong kinakasama, patay na raw.(We knew something was going to happen, but we didn’t think it would be Ricky. After a few minutes, someone ran to me and said he was gone, my former partner was killed.) CALL FOR JUSTICE. Families of drug war victims stage a protest to call on the International Criminal Court to hold Rodrigo Duterte accountable. Jire Carreon/RapplerRicky was not the first person killed in their community. Nor was he the last. In the months to come, the strangers would become a fixture in the narrow alleys of the neighborhood, so much so that residents would jokingly refer to them as “visitors.

In the case of Ricky, the funeral expenses proved to be just too much that’s why his family opted to immediately have him buried in a mass grave. No wake to speak of, no prolonged send-off, just an abrupt goodbye.

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