CLAIM: The International Criminal Court has junked cases filed against former president Rodrigo Duterte.
RATING: FALSE
Pro-Duterte social media pages have falsely claimed that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has dropped charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity.
A TikTok user cheered the supposed rejection of Duterte’s case by the ICC.
Before the video went viral, a clip of former ICC judge Marc Perrin de Bircharmbaut surfaced online, allegedly rejecting the probe.
Posted all over Facebook and TikTok, the clip did not come from a recent ruling. It also did not prove that the charges against Duterte have been dismissed.
The clip shows the ICC Appeals Chamber’s decision to deny the request of Philippine authorities to temporarily suspend the investigation into Duterte’s “war on drugs.”
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