Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights chairperson Francis Tolentino encourages the OSG to continue monitoring developments in the ICC's probe into the bloody drug war even after the government decided to disengage from the tribunal.
the Philippines’ plea to block the resumption of the investigation into alleged human rights violations in the Duterte administration’s drug war.
He also pointed out that issuing a warrant of arrest will still go through a long process which could take months or years. One of the expected respondents in the case is Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who was chief of police during the implementation of the anti-illegal drugs program.
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