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1,827 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.

Checked by Vera Files2 Dec 2023PhilippinesCrime and security
Imee Marcos

“The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to investigate drug-related killings during the Duterte administration because the country's judicial system is functioning.”

Vera Files rated this: Misleading

Vera Files says: 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 inves…

Checked by Vera Files29 Nov 2023PhilippinesCrime and security
Sara Duterte, Vice President

“Vice President Sara Duterte echoes the claim of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the International Criminal court has ceased to have jurisdiction over the Philippines.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: The Rome Statute—the founding treaty of the ICC—provides that a state party is not exempt from its obligations for the duration of its membership even if it has withdrawn. The ICC retains jurisdiction over any crimes th…

Checked by PolitiFact15 Nov 2023United StatesCrime and security
Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“Just like the Cuban regime, the Biden administration is trying to put their political opponents in jail, shutting down free speech.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: Former President Donald Trump’s comparison of his prosecutions to the Cuban regime downplays the realities of the island’s authoritarian regime, experts said. The Cuban government detains or arrests political opponents.