Explaining the role of the ICC and it's jurisdiction in the Philippines

Human Rights Lawyer Ross Tugade and PhD candidate at UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice explains the role of the International Criminal Court and the issue of jurisduction in relation to the pre-trial hearing of former President R Duterte.

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Key Points

• The International Criminal Court was built established based on the Rome Statute.
• The Philippines was a signatory of the Rome Statute until it withdrew from the ICC in March 2018.
• Cases cited in the pre trial hearing of former President Duterte all took place during the period that the Philippines was a member of the ICC.

every time a country enters a treaty you give up a bit of your sovereignity

Human Rights Lawyer Ross Tugade on the Rome Statute and the ICC

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