MANILA, Philippines — Although the former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has found grounds to prosecute crimes against humanity in President Duterte’s war against illegal drugs, the first step of the process will likely take at least three months.
Param-Preet Singh, a lawyer with the Human Rights Watch (HRW), said the case was submitted to the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) by former prosecutor Fatou Bensouda who determined that members of the Philippine National Police illegally killed several thousand civilians from 2016 to 2019.
Singh said that for the case to move forward, the judges of the PTC would examine if the prosecutor had “pres…
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