(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The Philippine government asked the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) pre-trial chamber to deny the request for the resumption of the probe into the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
The country formally submitted its comment on the call of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to look into the alleged crimes against humanity committed during the anti-drug campaign, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) said in a statement Thursday.
According to the OSG, the Philippine government argued that the ICC has no jurisdiction over the situation in the country. It stressed that the complaints lodged before the court are already being investigated by concerned local agencies… Read More