Court Finds Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity in the Philippines
The International Criminal Court has released its latest report on President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs.
A police raid in Pasig, east of Manila, during President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs in the Philippines, in 2016.Credit.Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times
Dec. 15, 2020
MANILA The International Criminal Court issued a preliminary report on Tuesday in which it said there was evidence to show crimes against humanity had been committed in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte, whose bloody drug war has left thousands dead since 2016.
The report was issued by Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor of the I.C.C. It found there was “a reasonable basis to believe that the crimes against humanity of murder, torture and the infliction of serious physical injury and mental harm” had taken place.