“The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to investigate drug-related killings during the Duterte administration because the country's judicial system is functioning.”
What Vera Files found
When the ICC resumed its full-blown investigation of the drug war in January this year, it pointed out that the Philippine government's own drug war proceedings "do not amount to tangible, concrete and progressive investigative steps" that would sufficiently mirror ICC's probe and justify its suspension.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Imee Marcos made this claim around 28 December 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 2 December 2023. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Imee Marcos has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/rSjI_jKePwg?t=83
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