# Philippines withdrawal from the Rome Statute took effect

Date: 2019

The Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute took effect on 17 March 2019 after the government had notified the United Nations the previous year. The International Criminal Court stated that withdrawal did not erase jurisdiction over crimes allegedly committed while the Philippines was a state party. Duterte had publicly attacked the Court as it examined the anti-drug campaign. The event is recorded as a rule-of-law harm because the executive chose to leave the treaty system while international scrutiny of alleged state-linked killings was intensifying. The effect is narrower than a claim that withdrawal itself prevented later proceedings: the ICC subsequently authorised an investigation and later obtained custody of Duterte. The factual significance is the state’s formal departure from a standing international accountability mechanism during an active controversy over alleged crimes.

## People

- Rodrigo Duterte: https://factrail.ai/people/rodrigo-duterte

## Drivers

- Rule of Law: https://factrail.ai/drivers/rule-of-law

## Sources

- https://www.icc-cpi.int/philippines
- https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/president-assembly-states-parties-regrets-withdrawal-rome-statute-philippines

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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