Guevarra: PBBM okays PH ‘disengagement’ with ICC

By Macon Ramos-Araneta

SOLICITOR-GENERAL Menardo Guevarra disclosed on Thursday that President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has approved the government’s disengagement with the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The ICC’s Appeals Chamber earlier junked the Philippine government’s appeal against the resumption of a drug war probe.

Guevarra said the appeal was the country’s last involvement with the ICC.

“I have discussed this matter personally with PBBM and we have agreed that our appeal to the ICC appeals chamber is the end of our engagement with the ICC,”

Guevarra told reporters.

The ICC Appeals Chamber backed the Pre-Trial Chamber’s January 2023 ruling authorizing the ICC Prosecutor to continue its probe on the killings in the Philippines in connection with former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war and