A video posted on Facebook Reel claims that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed with finality the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte. This is false.
The video is old and shows a clip from the swearing-in ceremony of five ICC judges in 2012, not the court’s hearing or dismissal of Duterte’s case.
Uploaded on May 9, the video’s superimposed text read:
“THE ICC Final Dismissal FPRRD. New Development sa ICC Case ni Tatay Digong.”
Reverse image search revealed that the video was originally uploaded on ICC’s YouTube channel on March 9, 2012, more than a decade before Duterte was ordered arrested by the court via a warrant coursed through the Interpol.
It shows then-ICC President Judge Sang-Hyun Song delivering his opening remarks for the swearing-in ceremony of five new judges; namely, Howard Morrison from the United Kingdom, Anthony T. Carmona from Trinidad and Tobago, Olga Herrera Carbuccia from Dominican Republic, Robert Fremr from Czech Republic and Chile Eboe-Osuji from Nigeria.
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