FACT CHECK: ICC president’s statement on court’s jurisdiction taken out of context
Claim: Judge Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), stated that the ICC has no jurisdiction over non-state parties.
Rating: MISSING CONTEXT
Why we fact-checked this: A reel posted on Facebook has garnered 4.2 million views, with more than 27,000 reactions and 24,000 shares as of writing. Text superimposed on the reel reads: “ICC President, nagsalita na (The ICC President has spoken).”
In the reel, she says: “We don’t have jurisdiction. Same thing I can tell you...