'Drug war' victims' kin to ICC: No genuine local probe, no investigation into Duterte accountability

This photo shows a memorial with the names of the victims of extra-judicial killings.

Karapatan, Release

MANILA, Philippines — There is no genuine domestic investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s "war on drugs" and the probe does not cover policy review, families of victims told International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan amid the Philippine government’s request for deferment.

Sectoral group Rise Up, assisted by the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, wrote to Khan and asked his office to have the communication they sent be considered the same in the assessment of the Philippine government’s deferral request.

This was after Khan said, in a document dated November 18, that his office will temporarily suspend its investigation into the Philippines as it “assesses the scope and effect” of the government’s request for deferral.

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/11/30/2144806/drug-war-victims-kin-icc-no-genuine-local-probe-no-investigation-duterte-accountability