De Lima said that while she does not intend to threaten the President, she said that the drug-related deaths in the country could constitute crimes against humanity as there has already been “widespread” and “systematic” use of force against civilians.
“There are some experts who are saying that…if this spate of killings go unabated and unchecked, it could reach that point that the ICC could send a prosecutor to our country and investigate all these for possible prosecution under the Rome Statute. That is not a joke.
The last thing we need right now is for our dear President to be subjected to an investigation by an international tribunal like the International Criminal Court,” De Lima said.
“I am not threatening the President. I am just stating a fact,” she clarified.
She said that the drug war of the administration can be described as “widespread” with the fact that hundreds of suspects have died in summary killings and anti-drug police operations.
“The element of the crime against humanity that is ‘widespread’ is already present. We have more than a hundred, almost reaching a thousand [deaths]. I think it is not debatable that it is now widespread,” De Lima said.
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