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THE PHILIP I MONDAY MARCH 18,2OT9

ICC withdrawal a loss for Pinoys


Bi'JAr,ivrc MATEo Rights.
r CHR
gations, particularly in ending impunity.
"*.--$;.""*.,,,..."., CHR spokesperson lacqueline de Guia De Guia also described the withdrawal
Tfie withdrawal of the Philippines said yesterday the decision of President as a step back tom the gains the Philip-
frorn the Intetnational Criminaf eourt Duterte to unilaterally withdraw from pines has achieved in promoting justice
(IC€) is a loss for the Filipino people, the tribunal is a reversil of the country's and human rights.
according to the Commission on Human commitment to intemational treaty obli- Turn to Page J2

censure.
ICC From pase 1 Duterte's drug war is his
"In the end, it is the Fil! act that soes asainsr universal i'g#ffiJ,'ti,%Hlli,":.il1
pino people who are bound val ues other counhies have ad- ciallv from intemationil criiics
to lose when they no longer opted and fostercd," he added. like "Westem leadbrs dnd iristFrl
have recourse in times the tutions which he says don't
local justice systems fail in GOnStfaintS
protecting them," De Guia rhePhilippinesof f i"ci-ally"'iX?Jj."l'r",1HH"^,o*-
said. quit.the ICC yesterdgy, though yer said the ItC,s Office of the
"It is then impunity that the beleaguered tribunal has i)rosecutor can still pursue the
.
wrns as a conseouence ot pledged to pyr-sue its examina- complaints even wiih the phil_
withdrawal. The' task be- tion of possible crimes in the ippines, exit from the tribunal.
fore the Philippine gdvem- govemmenfs deadly drug war. ' ',There are orobablv calls on
ment is to show-bevond The country's withdrawal the ICC Office;f *€ p'rosecutor
words-that it is williirg to became final a year after it told to file charees now as a wav of
investigate, prosecute' and the United Nations that it was reaffirming"the lCCs continriing
punish perpetrators of al- quitting the world's only per- iurisdictijn on allesed violal
leged extrajudicial killings manent war crimes tribunal, tions that occurred"while fhe
linked to the governmenfs the second nation to do so. philippines was a m";b.;7 th;
anti-drug waq," she added. "The Secretary-General... e1;iqiai lold The STAR.
Opposition senatorial informed all concemed states The official wamedabout its
candidate Magdalo Rep. that the withdrawal will take eff""t o" th" .o""t"y;i.#;;
Gary Alejano warned of the effect for_the Philippines on 17 will be filed Uy tt.i fCC f,.?r-
"wide" and "long-term" im- March," UN spokesperson Eri ssg16r.
plications and consequences Kaneko said. ,,This steD will preiudice
of the Philippines'- with- The departure_of the Philip- and place tirasnifs.i" o",
drawal from the ICC. pines follows the ICC being hit peopie. It will place ionstraints
"From a domestic pointof in recent years by high-profi)e bn rlvhat the s'ovemment mav
view the withdrawal from acquittals and moves by sev- 6e vis-a-vis ihe intemationjl
the ICC will einbolden our eral nations to drop out. community without an assur-
leaders to commit further The_ Philippines moved to ance of it ieading to changes
human rights violations," quit after the body launched in the anti-illesa'i drus c;n-
Alejano said. g examination in paigl,,,the offiEial saidl
."From an international -qgelimgnary
2O18 of Duterte's '
{rug qack- -"Wth pia Lee-Brago, paolo
perspective, (the) Presidenf s down that has killed thou- 116ng1o,I{elen nores] Gilb_ert
idea to withdraw signifies an sands and drawn international Bayoran, AFp

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