“The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction over the Philippines or any of its officials because the country is not a member of the Rome Statute.”
What Vera Files found
Under Art. 127 of the Rome Statute, a State's withdrawal will "not affect any cooperation with the Court in connection with criminal investigations and proceedings" that were "commenced prior to the date on which the withdrawal became effective." The ICC Prosecutor's preliminary examination in the country covers alleged crimes committed in the relation to the war on drugs from July 1, 2016 — while the Philippines was still a member of the Rome Statute — to March 16, 2019, a day before the cou...
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In short
Salvador Panelo made this claim around 3 January 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 7 January 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Salvador Panelo has 13 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- ptvnews.phhttps://www.ptvnews.ph/chief-presidential-legal-counsel-salvador-panelo-on-the-icc-compla…
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