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“The International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction over the drug-related killings in the Philippines since it has ceased to become a member of the Netherlands-based tribunal.”
Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa Claim dated 2 Feb 2023.
Vera Files rated thisNeeds context

What Vera Files found

Article 127 paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute clearly states that a country that has withdrawn from the treaty is not cleared of its obligations when it was still a state party.

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In short

Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa made this claim around 2 February 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 7 February 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.

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.

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