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“We do not gain any in supporting the US, which is rudimentarily invoking Westphalian sovereignty to protect criminals in its highest offices. It is false patriotism to simply claim we need to protect one of our own, when that one has caused the death and agony of many more,” the Filipino lawyers added.
Pasco further emphasized that the ICC’s prosecution of Duterte is crucial especially when the domestic courts failed them.
The Senate should not be used as a refuge to evade arrest. The Supreme Court should also not stand in the way of the pursuit of justice.
Gayunman, may hurisdiksiyon pa rin ang ICC sa mga umano’y krimeng naganap sa Pilipinas noong panahong kasapi pa ito, mula Nobyembre 1, 2011 hanggang Marso 16, 2019.
“Killings in the name of drugs. This is really about killings in the name of drugs. So you drug lords out there, get ready because I’ll crush you.”
"The impunity that Duterte wielded during his time is very much felt until now."
"Do not let yourselves be used by this fascist and his daughter if you call yourselves as rights-respecting governments,” human rights advocate Cristina Palabay told the ICC member states.
In a statement, Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said that the bill is “thoroughly self-serving and is a slap in the face of the tens of thousands of victims of Duterte's drug war as well as those who suffered other injustices committed under his regime.”
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he International Criminal Court (ICC) said that Rodrigo Duterte's rights as an accused have been upheld, contrary to the claims by the former president's counsel Salvador Medialdea.
Yesterday, the nation saw the light of justice after many years of darkness. We welcome it with tears, joy and hope.
The Marcos Jr. administration now says it’s willing to sit down with the International Criminal Court to discuss “certain areas” of cooperation on the latter’s investigation, started in 2018, on former president Duterte’s “war on drugs.” The timeline goes back to the time he was Davao City mayor.
This entanglement between settler colonialism and imperialism has been exposed by non-stop protests worldwide. More recently, the brave and impactful university and college encampments in North America and Europe have made at least one thing clear: the war on Palestine does not consist of two equal sides, occupier-occupied.
“Our work in the communities continues. We will seek (for) more families to speak about their case."
In her oral update, Bachelet urged political aspirants on all sides to “set aside the ugly rhetoric against human rights defenders, attack (on) independent media, or (in condoning) extra-judicial killings and other violations and abuses.”
A group of human rights lawyers in the Philippines said that the “overwhelming support” that the International Criminal Court received from approximately 1,530 individual victims and 1,050 families who fell victims of the government’s “war on drugs” may lead to a formal investigation.
“I was so elated that I could barely sleep. I’m thinking that ‘this is it!’ Our long wait for justice is finally coming to light.”
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