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Marcos ‘open’ to talks on rejoining ICC – Castro
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is open to discussing the Philippines' potential return to the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to Palace Press Officer Clarissa A. Castro.
This statement comes after a UN Special Rapporteur urged the Philippines to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and to restore its ratification of the Rome Statute, which created the ICC.
Marcos Jr. previously expressed openness to the idea, and will carefully study the UN rapporteur's suggestion.
The Philippines, a former ICC state party, withdrew from the Rome Statute in 2019.
This comes amid renewed international calls for accountability for past human rights violations, specifically related to former President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
Duterte's trial for alleged crimes against humanity is scheduled for September.
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