“The Senate should oppose the International Criminal Court's investigation of the drug war-related killings during the Duterte administration because the Philippine judicial system is fully functioning.”
What Vera Files found
The ICC has made clear that it does not intend to replace domestic courts as it only prosecutes cases when states are proven to be unwilling or incapable of doing so. The Jan. 26 decision of the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I noted that the Philippines’ investigation of the drug war covered only “low-ranking” police officers and failed to probe into the systemic nature of the crimes or identify the “most responsible” officials.
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In short
Jinggoy Estrada (Senator) made this claim around 21 February 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Jinggoy Estrada has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- legacy.senate.gov.phhttps://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2023/0221_estradaj1.asp
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