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Dee Ayroso | Feb 3, 2023
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Rights groups welcome resumption of ICC probe on the Philippines
Rights groups welcome resumption of ICC probe on the Philippines
“This should also serve as a warning to the current regime for essentially continuing Duterte's policies on the drug war.”
ICC finds no basis on PH govt’s arguments, reiterates probe on drug-related killings
ICC finds no basis on PH govt’s arguments, reiterates probe on drug-related killings
“The GovPH argues that its criminal justice system generally functions well, and that certain administrative and other mechanisms may or can result in criminal proceedings. However, nothing in the observations nor in the hundreds of pages of associated annexes substantiates that criminal proceedings actually have been or are being conducted in anything more than a small number of cases."
Despite having left ICC, Phl cannot evade probe
Despite having left ICC, Phl cannot evade probe
“Withdrawal from the Rome Statute does not discharge a state party from the obligations it has incurred as a member. Consequently, liability for the alleged summary killings and other atrocities committed in the course of the war on drugs [during the Duterte administration] is not nullified or negated.”
Rights groups dismayed over Marcos Jr’s rejection of ICC
Rights groups dismayed over Marcos Jr’s rejection of ICC
“What can we expect from someone who has shamelessly branded victims of human rights violations — people who have been killed, disappeared, tortured, illegally arrested and detained, among others — during his father’s dictatorial rule as greedy people who are only after money?"
ICC to resume probe on drug-related killings
ICC to resume probe on drug-related killings
“Under the Rome Statute’s core principle of complementarity, States always have the first opportunity to investigate allegations of such crimes committed on their territory or by their nationals. However, when national authorities fail to act, the Court must step in, and that is why I have filed today’s application."
Rights groups shun request to defer ICC probe, assert ‘domestic mechanisms ineffective, failing’
Rights groups shun request to defer ICC probe, assert ‘domestic mechanisms ineffective, failing’
“Nothing could be further from the truth than claiming that domestic institutions and mechanisms of accountability in the country are ‘fully functional.’"
Rights groups back kin of drug-related killings on ICC case
Rights groups back kin of drug-related killings on ICC case
“We will be with them (in every) stage of the process; we will be with them until the end."
Rights groups welcome efforts to hold Duterte accountable
Rights groups welcome efforts to hold Duterte accountable
“We shall continue to work in all possible venues to seek justice, make this regime accountable for its crimes, and put a stop to the killings or else, this will go on and on as long as Duterte remains in power and beyond."
ICC may use Duterte’s statements against him
ICC may use Duterte’s statements against him
“Extrajudicial confessions are universally recognized as admissible in evidence against an accused provided they are voluntarily made and corroborated by evidence of the actual commission of the crime.”
ICC probe on ‘drug war’ must be pursued
ICC probe on ‘drug war’ must be pursued
She formally requested for authority to her office to begin investigating Duterte’s war on drugs for possible crimes against humanity involving murder. She proposed to include in the investigation the pattern of drug-related EJKs observed in Davao City during Duterte’s tenure as mayor from Nov. 1, 2011 to 2016, noting that in that period, the Philippines had already ratified the Rome Statute of 2002, a treaty establishing the ICC.
ICC finds ‘reasonable basis’ to probe drug-related killings in PH
ICC finds ‘reasonable basis’ to probe drug-related killings in PH
“There is no doubt that the policies and operations under the Duterte administration are responsible for the onslaught of extra-judicial killings and other human rights violations under the ‘war on drugs.’ State officials and police forces were both brazen and confident that they would enjoy impunity in their crimes.” -- Rise Up
Drawing strength from one another | Mothers vow to continue fight for justice
Drawing strength from one another | Mothers vow to continue fight for justice
“We fight not only for our sons and husbands. We do this for the killings to stop. So that there will be no more victims.”
Karapatan dares gov’t not to thwart probe of rights violations in PH
Karapatan dares gov’t not to thwart probe of rights violations in PH
“We echo the same challenge to the Duterte government and its rabid gang of militarists: If indeed human rights organizations are merely spouting lies to defame the government, then do not block efforts by the ICC (International Criminal Court) and United Nations Independent Experts to investigate these human rights violations that we have reported and exposed.”
Facing up to drug war killings, Duterte turns to fatalism
Facing up to drug war killings, Duterte turns to fatalism
"For the things I have said, ordered and done, I am willing to put my neck here. Maybe someday, this ICC [International Criminal Court]… if they decide to hang me I would be very glad to go.” With a fatalistic twinge, President Duterte was quoted as having said...
Kin of ’Tokhang’ victims file raps vs. Duterte before ICC
Kin of ’Tokhang’ victims file raps vs. Duterte before ICC
"I don’t want others to suffer the same fate as that of my son.”
Continuing killings and intensifying war
Continuing killings and intensifying war
After threatening to resign last week in an outburst of exasperation and claiming to be tired, he now says, “No, I will not resign!” Yes, he acknowledges that he wouldn’t be able to fulfill his campaign promises to end the long-festering problems of illegal drugs,...
Duterte gov’t’s proclivity for short cuts backfires
Duterte gov’t’s proclivity for short cuts backfires
People have been saying this all along; the Duterte administration could not solve the illegal drug problem with the use of uncontrolled violence and shortcuts that disregard human rights. And they were right. The Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs has...
The Bigger Picture
The Bigger Picture
Those who easily condemn Nicole forget what she has been up against in pursuing the rape case against US Marine L/Cpl. Daniel Smith. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World The headline of a widely circulated broadsheet screams, “Nicole recants,...
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