Reckoning day to come for Duterte at ICC over drug killings: lawyer

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MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte will eventually find himself answering charges before the International Criminal Court , a human rights lawyer said Monday, citing the Philippine courts’ inability to

prosecute him because of the legal immunity he enjoys while in office.

Complaints, technically referred to as a communications, have been filed before the ICC seeking to prosecute Duterte over the thousands of drug killings under his watch. “The government is pursuing vigorously its campaign against all kinds of crimes,” said Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo, who often cited the conviction of Caloocan policemen for the brutal murder of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos in 2017.

Diokno said the total number of drug-related killings could even be around 40,000 now, citing regular reports, including those perpetrated by motorcycle-riding assailants.

 

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