ICC grants new inquiry into Manila's deadly 'war on drugs'

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday it had authorized the reopening of an inquiry into the brutal anti-drugs campaign by former President Rodrigo Duterte which left thousands dead.

Duterte pulled the Philippines out of the Hague-based tribunal in 2019 after it began a preliminary probe into the crackdown, followed by the launch of a formal inquiry later that year.

Officially, 6,181 people were killed in Duterte's "war on drugs" but rights group say that up to 30,000 may have been killed, some innocent victims, and that corruption was rife among security forces that acted with impunity. In a statement Thursday, the ICC said its pre-trial chamber "is not satisfied that the Philippines is undertaking relevant investigations that would warrant a deferral of the court's investigations".

 

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