“The International Criminal Court cannot sanction activities in the Philippines because the country is no longer a state party to the Rome Statute since 2019.”
What Vera Files found
Under Article 127 paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, a country that has withdrawn from the treaty is not cleared of its obligations when it was still a state-party. The Philippines acceded to the Rome Statute in November 2011, thus binding the country to the provisions from that date until its pullout became effective in March 2019.
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In short
Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla made this claim around 3 August 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 22 August 2022, 19 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla has 15 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 13 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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