00:00 The process is still long before the International Criminal Court
00:05 will reach a decision on the war on drugs complaint of the Duterte administration.
00:08 The international law expert, Prof. Michael Chu Jr. explained that the ICC is still in the process of obtaining evidence.
00:16 But the prosecutor of the warrant of arrest can request for a person to be presented in court.
00:25 According to the Foreign Council of the Philippines, Sarah Baffadel,
00:30 the ICC may be able to avoid the jurisdiction of the country.
00:35 The Supreme Court of the Philippines decided in 2021
00:39 that the Philippines should assist in any criminal proceedings
00:43 that were filed before the release of the Philippines under the Rome Statute.
00:47 Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said that there is no point in discussing the ICC.
00:53 Even the Commission on Human Rights, the government, considered the decision
00:57 as an opportunity to prove the President's promise
01:01 that the perpetrators will be held accountable for their crimes.
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