OPPOSITION leaders asked new Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday, July 1, 2022, to restore the country's membership in the International Criminal Court to strengthen defenses against human rights abuses.
“The more we are a member of communities of shared values of human rights, the better,” Senator Risa Hontiveros said, citing the prevalence of rights violations and extrajudicial killings in the country. Duterte expanded the crackdown nationwide after becoming president in mid 2016. Officials reported that more than 6,250 suspects were killed during his presidency.
An ICC investigation of the killings as a possible crime against humanity was suspended in November after Duterte’s administration said it was conducting its own probe of police. But the ICC chief prosecutor recently asked the court to authorize an immediate resumption of the investigation.
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