- Title: Filipino human rights activists demand Philippine government rejoin ICC
- Date: 17th March 2025
- Summary: MANILA, PHILIPPINES (MARCH 17, 2025) (REUTERS) ANTI-RIOT POLICE / HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MARCHING ACTIVISTS MARCHING WHILE HOLDING PLACARDS ACTIVISTS APPROACHING POLICE BLOCKADE VARIOUS OF ACTIVISTS CHANTING AND RAISING PLACARDS IN FRONT OF POLICE BLOCKADE PLACARD SHOWING PHOTOGRAPH OF FORMER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT, RODRIGO DUTERTE (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW PATRIOTIC ALLIANC
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- Keywords: Duterte ICC International Criminal Court Philippines Rodrigo Duterte drug war politics protests
- Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
- City: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
- Country: Philippines
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Fundamental Rights/Civil Liberties,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA003929117032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Dozens of Filipino human rights activists marched near the Presidential Palace in Manila on Monday (March 17) to urge the Philippine government to rejoin to the International Criminal Court (ICC), following former president Rodrigo Duterte's trial in The Hague.
The Philippines was a member of the ICC from 2011 until 2019 when it officially withdrew its membership. Under the court's founding 1998 Rome Statute, even if a state withdraws as a member, it retains jurisdiction over crimes within its jurisdiction committed during the membership period.
Last Friday (March 14), Duterte made his first appearance via video link before the ICC where he was facing murder allegations from his "war on drugs" campaign which killed thousands in the Philippines during his term as president.
Duterte, who led the Philippines from 2016 to 2022, is set to be the first Asian former head of state to go on trial at the ICC, a court of last resort created more than two decades ago to prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, aggression and genocide.
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