International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan has temporarily suspended a probe into suspected rights abuses during Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on drugs, documents released on Friday showed.
Philippine authorities say the killings have been in self-defence and that the ICC has no right to meddle.According to the court documents, Khan wrote that Manila had filed a deferral request on Nov. 10. Governments can ask the ICC to defer a case if they are implementing their own investigations and prosecutions for the same acts.
"The prosecution has temporarily suspended its investigative activities while it assesses the scope and effect of the deferral request," Khan wrote, adding that it would seek additional information from the Philippines. The Duterte government has repeatedly said it will not cooperate with the ICC. Duterte pulled the Philippines out of the ICC in 2018, but the court has jurisdiction to investigate crimes committed while Manila was a member and up until 2019.
In its nearly two-decade existence, the ICC has convicted five men for war crimes and crimes against humanity, all African militia leaders from Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Uganda.Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg; Editing by Andrew CawthorneSubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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