{"id":8308,"date":"2023-04-28T01:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/?p=8308"},"modified":"2023-04-27T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T14:48:12","slug":"marcos-intends-to-cut-off-communication-with-icc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/marcos-intends-to-cut-off-communication-with-icc\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200b\u200bMarcos intends to cut-off communications with ICC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos <\/span>declared<\/span><\/a> in an interview on March 28, 2023, that he would cut off communications with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The day before, the ICC rejected the government’s request to not <\/span>reopen<\/span><\/a> investigations into human rights violations in the so-called “war on drugs” under ex-President Rodrigo Duterte. Bilaterally, however, the Philippine government wants to continue to <\/span>cooperate<\/span><\/a> with other countries on democracy and human rights issues, said Marcos in a video message for the US-led International Summit for Democracy on 29 March 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristina Conti, secretary-general of the Philippine National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, thinks breaking off contact could be <\/span>detrimental<\/span><\/a> to the Philippines. Since the ICC investigation into the human rights violations is still <\/span>ongoing<\/span><\/a>, the ICC will reopen the case despite Marcos’ rhetoric. Therefore, the Philippine government must <\/span>remain<\/span><\/a> in contact with the ICC. Duterte also said he would no longer have to pay for his crimes, as he <\/span>believes<\/span><\/a> he will die in two years at the latest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secretary General of the Philippine human rights organisation Karapatan, Cristina Palabay, sharply criticised the baseless arguments against Marcos’ ICC trial. In her view, these show that the system of impunity <\/span>continues<\/span><\/a> under Marcos. Carlos Conde of Human Rights Watch also reminded that the Philippine government is obliged to <\/span>cooperate<\/span><\/a> with the ICC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In its application, the Philippine government had also asked the ICC to <\/span>reject<\/span><\/a> the request of victims of the drug war through the Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) to take a stand in the case against Duterte. The ICC\u2019s Victims’ Participation and Reparations Section (VPRS) that assists victims of crimes against humanity was assigned to <\/span>submit<\/span><\/a> a report in the Philippines case by 22 May 2023 with collected victim statements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The recent arrest warrant issued against Russian President Vladimir Putin has <\/span>demonstrated<\/span><\/a> the ICC’s functionality. Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, <\/span>sees<\/span><\/a> this as a clear signal that there is international justice for massive human rights violations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Senator Francis Tolentino invited the ICC and Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan to a Senate hearing on the <\/span>resolutions<\/span><\/a> in defence of former President Duterte. Tolentino is <\/span>acting<\/span><\/a> as legal counsel for Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who played a central role in Duterte’s drug war.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo \u00a9 Raffy Lerma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared in an interview on March 28, 2023, that he would cut off communications with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The day before, the ICC rejected the government’s request to not reopen investigations into human rights violations in the so-called “war on drugs” under ex-President Rodrigo Duterte. Bilaterally, however, the Philippine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64,58,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-on-drugs-en","category-human-rights-news","category-international-institutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8358,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308\/revisions\/8358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}