00:00Stories of drug war victims framed as non-laban or fought back reached the International Criminal Court Tuesday, February 24.
00:08During the pre-trial hearing of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the Common Legal Representatives of the Victims, or CLRV,
00:14note,
00:15the targeting of the marginalized created an environment that made it difficult to file complaints in the domestic justice system.
00:21Filipino lawyer Gilbert Andres describes how the crimes occurred in high-density communities.
00:26He compares the usual size of a house to two tables in the ICC courtroom.
00:31Mr. Duterte's drug war campaign targeted the very humanity of the victims, of their families, and of their communities.
00:42In Filipino, the indirect victims expressed this in one sentence.
00:49Inalisan kami ng dangal. We were stripped of our dignity.
00:53Liore Pasko and Shira Escudero, relatives of drug war victims, were emotional in the public gallery as the CLRV spoke
01:01about the lasting effects of the extrajudicial killings.
01:03Yung policies ni Duterte, yung rason bakit nangyari yun sa mga mahal namin sa buhay.
01:10And it's also frustrating para sa aming mga pamilya na ang hirap, ang hirap iput into words yung amount ng
01:21pain, ng suffering, ng frustration na dinadanas namin.
01:26Kami yung nananawagan ng justice pero kami pa yung vilified.
01:30ICC prosecutors earlier charged Duterte with three counts of widespread murder as crimes against humanity.
01:37The pre-trial chamber is set to confirm or not confirm these charges within 60 days of the week-long
01:42hearing.
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