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12 checks for “Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”

Checked by Vera Files30 Jun 2025PhilippinesCrime and security
Social media posts

“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Philippines' return to the International Criminal Court as a member, and that the ICC has arraigned Vice President Sara Duterte and Harry Roque.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: What Malacañang said was that the president was willing to discuss the possibility of the country rejoining the ICC. No charges are filed in the ICC against Duterte and Roque, nor is an arraignment underway.

Checked by Vera Files13 May 2024PhilippinesCrime and security
Mico Clavano, spokesperson of the Department of Justice

“The Department of Justice is preparing a briefer on the legal options that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could take in the event the International Criminal Court issues warrants of arrest for those identified in its probe of the drug-related killings during the Duterte administration.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: The DOJ briefer is intended to provide the president legal measures he could take and does not signify a change in the administration’s policy of not cooperating with the ICC.

Checked by Vera Files13 Mar 2024PhilippinesCrime and security
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

“The International Criminal Court was formed to provide justice to areas where there is no judiciary, no court system, no police, no peace and order.”

Vera Files rated this: Misleading

Vera Files says: Nothing in the Rome Statute—the treaty that established the ICC—states that the Netherlands-based tribunal was formed to provide justice to areas with no justice system. The ICC is intended to complement, not to replace…

Checked by Vera Files29 Nov 2023PhilippinesCrime and security
Sara Duterte, Vice President

“Vice President Sara Duterte echoes the claim of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the International Criminal court has ceased to have jurisdiction over the Philippines.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: The Rome Statute—the founding treaty of the ICC—provides that a state party is not exempt from its obligations for the duration of its membership even if it has withdrawn. The ICC retains jurisdiction over any crimes th…

Checked by Vera Files22 Feb 2023PhilippinesCrime and security
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

“The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to investigate drug-related killings in the Philippines. It is intruding into the country's internal matters and is a threat to Philippine sovereignty.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: The ICC retains jurisdiction over crimes that occurred in the Philippines during its membership from Nov. 1, 2011 to March 16, 2019, based on Article 127, paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC.

Checked by Vera Files26 Sep 2021PhilippinesCrime and security
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

“The Philippines filed a complaint in the International Criminal Court against China for its incursions into the West Philippine Sea.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: The Philippines sued China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), not in the ICC, regarding the West Philippine Sea dispute. The ICC is a judicial body that does not arbitrate territorial disputes between states.