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NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS – call for investigation of crimes in Philippines
NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS – call for investigation of crimes in Philippines
Post by Carmen Risimini, ICL Media Review, 29 Nov 2016
NGO calls for ICC to investigate alleged Duterte crimes: On Wednesday 23 November 2016, the international human rights group No Peace Without Justice, in the margins of the 15th Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States convened a side event called “International Criminal Liability for Spoken Word Alone: Inducing and Soliciting Crimes against Humanity under article 25(3)(b) of the Rome ICC Statute. A prima Facie case against President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines”. The group called for an ICC investigation against President Rodrigo Duterte and alleged extra-judicial killings in order to end “state-sponsored” violence occurring in the Philippines. According to the group, since Duerte was elected President, there have been at least 2236 drug-related deaths. Philippines acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2011 but recently President Duterte said his country might follow Russia’s step to with draw from the ICC. (ABS-CBN News)