CLAIM: The International Criminal Court has junked cases filed against former president Rodrigo Duterte.
RATING: FALSE
Pro-Duterte social media pages have falsely claimed that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has dropped charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity.
A TikTok user cheered the supposed rejection of Duterte’s case by the ICC.
Before the video went viral, a clip of former ICC judge Marc Perrin de Bircharmbaut surfaced online, allegedly rejecting the probe.
Posted all over Facebook and TikTok, the clip did not come from a recent ruling. It also did not prove that the charges against Duterte have been dismissed.
The clip shows the ICC Appeals Chamber’s decision to deny the request of Philippine authorities to temporarily suspend the investigation into Duterte’s “war on drugs.”
The resurfaced video originated from a report by UNTV News and Rescue, broadcast on the same day as the decision was released on July 18, 2023.
The ICC’s Case Information Sheet on the drug war investigation indicates that while the Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute on March 17, 2018, the ICC still has jurisdiction over the crimes allegedly committed by Duterte and cohorts when the country was still a party to the statute.
Duterte is still under ICC prosecution, having appeared in a pre-trial hearing on March 14.
A hearing for the confirmation of charges will start on Sept. 23. Lance Isaac Reamon
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