International group Human Rights Watch on Saturday welcomed the International Criminal Court prosecutor's request for a pre-trial chamber to authorize the resumption of the investigation into the war on drugs in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte.
The suspension came just two months after the ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber 1in September 2021 then-Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's June 14 request to probe crimes "allegedly committed on the territory of the Philippines between 1 November 2011 and 16 March 2019 in the context of the so-called 'war on drugs' campaign."
“Notably, the Philippine government makes no reference at all to any investigation into crimes committed before July 2016, nor to any investigation into crimes other than murder—and, even then, only murders allegedly carried out in police operations, as opposed to murders allegedly carried out in other relevant circumstances,” Khan said in his request to the chamber.
“The Philippine government does not appear to be investigating whether any of the alleged crimes were committed pursuant to a policy or occurred systemically, or whether any person in the higher echelons of the police or government may be criminally responsible,” he added. “For these reasons alone, the Court should not defer to the Philippine government’s investigation,” Khan said.
Khan said information and communications submitted to the prosecution by civil society organizations indicated the need for an ICC investigation.
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