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Checked by Vera Files13 May 2024Philippines Crime 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 Files1 Feb 2023Philippines Crime and security

Mico Clavano

“The International Criminal Court should no longer investigate in the Philippines because the country has ceased to be a state party to the Rome Statute that established the Netherlands-based tribunal.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: Article 127, paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute stipulates that a country that has withdrawn is not cleared of its obligations for incidents that happened during its membership. It is part of the Philippines’ exercise of i…