“The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to investigate drug-related killings in the Philippines. It is intruding into the country's internal matters and is a threat to Philippine sovereignty.”
What Vera Files found
The ICC retains jurisdiction over crimes that occurred in the Philippines during its membership from Nov. 1, 2011 to March 16, 2019, based on Article 127, paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC.
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In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 18 February 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has 62 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 43 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/8vRc8x9gCWY?t=13
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