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Republic of the Philippines
The situation in the Philippines
On 24 May 2021, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ("ICC") requested authorisation from the Pre-Trial Chamber I (“PTC I”) to initiate an investigation into crimes allegedly committed on the territory of the Philippines between 1 November 2011 and 16 March 2019 in the context of the Government of the Philippines' "war on drugs" campaign (“Prosecutor’s Request”). On 14 June 2021 the
Prosecutor’s Request was made public.
On 15 September 2021, PTC I
authorized the investigation. In reaching this Decision, the Judges also took into account the
victims’ representations introduced on behalf of approximately 1,530 individual victims and 1,050 families, who overwhelmingly supported the opening of the investigation.
On 18 November 2021, the ICC Prosecutor
informed PTC I that the Republic of the Philippines
requested, pursuant to Article 18(2) of the Rome Statute, that the investigation into the Philippines situation be deferred (“Deferral Request”).
On 24 June 2022, the ICC Prosecutor submitted a request to resume the investigation into the situation in the Philippines pursuant to article 18(2) (“Prosecutor’s Resumption Request”); the request is available
here.
On 26 January 2023, the Pre-Trial Chamber issued its
decision authorizing the Prosecutor to resume the investigation into the Philippines Situation, pursuant to article 18(2) of the Statute (“Article 18(2) Decision”). The Judges considered the eight collective victim representations submitted on behalf of 293 individuals and 366 families, who all supported the Prosecutor’s request to resume the investigation.
On 6 February 2023, the Government of the Philippines
appealed the Article 18(2) Decision (“Philippines’ Appeal”) and, on 13 March 2023 their
appeal brief was filed.
On 18 July 2023, the Appeals Chamber
confirmed, by majority, the authorisation given by the Pre-Trial Chamber to the ICC Prosecutor to resume investigations in the Philippines situation. The majority, composed of Judges Piotr Hofmański, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza and Solomy Balungi Bossa, dismissed all the grounds of appeal invoked by the Government of the Philippines. In doing so, they also took into account the
views and concerns expressed on behalf of 350 individual victims and 165 families, who unanimously urged the Appeals Chamber to confirm the Article 18(2) Decision. Two Judges of the Appeals Chamber, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and Gocha Lordkipanidze, issued a
dissenting opinion.
What is the scope of the investigation into the Philippines Situation?
The ICC Judges authorized the commencement of the investigation into the Situation in the Philippines in relation to crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court allegedly committed on the territory of the Philippines between 1 November 2011 and 16 March 2019 in the context of the so-called ‘War on Drugs’ campaign. The Judges of Pre-Trial Chamber I ruled that there is a reasonable basis to believe that the crime against humanity of murder appears to have been committed and further noted reports of torture and inhumane acts, imprisonment or other severe deprivation of liberty, enforced disappearance and sexual violence. The Judges authorised the OTP to investigate such other crimes, as long as they remain within the parameters of the authorised investigation