“If Filipinos would be asked, they would say that there are no crimes against humanity that occurred in the Duterte administration's war on drugs.”
What Vera Files found
The ICC considers a “widespread or systematic” attack on a civilian population pursuant to a state policy, whether explicit or not, as one of the main elements of crimes against humanity. In August 2021, the Victims Participation and Reparations Section (VPRS), an independent office under the ICC, reported that approximately 1,530 individual victims and 1,050 families expressed ”overwhelming support” for Khan to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of crimes against humanity in relation...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa made this claim around 28 September 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 4 October 2022, 6 days later. Its rating was “No basis”.
Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has 26 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 12 of them false or fake, 13 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/jF11sCvYQ-Y?t=397
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