Dela Rosa said that the ICC would be unable to implement the arrest of Putin and was confident that neither could it do the same to him and Duterte. READ:
Dela Rosa repeated an earlier statement that he was willing to face trial in the Philippines before a judicial body composed of Filipinos and “free from interference from outsiders.”
He also disagreed with Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra’s view that the Philippine government could create an “independent commission” to investigate the drug war killings after the country had renounced its membership in the ICC.“If we are no longer a member of the ICC, we are no longer within its jurisdiction so, there is no more need for us to show to them what we in the Philippines are doing towards this end,” Dela Rosa said. Sen.
The ICC arrest warrant may also be enforced once a future Kremlin leader decides to surrender Putin for Russia’s best interest, she added. International law professor Romel Bagares told the Inquirer, that he was surprised that there hasn’t been a similar warrant for Duterte as ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan could request one during the preliminary investigation.
He also recalled the 15-0 ruling by the Supreme Court in a 2021 case where it said in an “obiter dictum,” or incidental comment, that “withdrawing from the Rome Statute does not discharge a state party from the obligations it has incurred as a member.”
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