“The Philippines filed a complaint in the International Criminal Court against China for its incursions into the West Philippine Sea.”
What Vera Files found
The Philippines sued China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), not in the ICC, regarding the West Philippine Sea dispute. The ICC is a judicial body that does not arbitrate territorial disputes between states.
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In short
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. made this claim around 24 September 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 26 September 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has 31 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 11 of them false or fake, 20 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMq87EwmgzM
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