ICC prosecutor seeks resumption of probe into PH’s human-rights situation

MANILA, Philippines --- The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has formally requested the resumption of investigations regarding the rights situation in the Philippines, seven months after it was suspended upon the request of the government. In a 53-page document posted on ICC's website on Friday night (Manila time), Prosecutor Karim Khan asked the Pre-Trial Chamber to resume the investigation that centers on President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, which has been the subject of criticisms for supposedly violating human rights. Duterte and other administration officials responsible for the drug war are facing the crime against humanity of murder...

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