Assets ng nililitis, mahalagang ma-freeze; maaaring pagkunan ng danyos sa mga biktima

3/17/2025

Posibleng may matanggap na danyos ang mga biktima sa mga kasong mauuwi sa conviction ng INternational Criminal Court o ICC, ayon sa ICC-accredited na abogado. Ang pambayad, karaniwang galing sa nahatulang guilty. Kaya mahalagang ma-freeze ang kaniyang asset at mga ari-arian.

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Transcript

00:00It is possible that the victims of the cases that will be brought to the conviction of the International Criminal Court or ICC will receive damages, according to the ICC-accredited lawyer.

00:14The payment usually comes from the guilty party. That's why it's important to freeze his assets and properties.

00:22Ian Cruz is on the case.

00:24Reparations can be part of the International Criminal Court's process or damages to the victims of a proven guilty of the International Criminal Court.

00:38According to the video explainer from the ICC, the victims can be accepted as individuals or as a group.

00:45If the person was found guilty, reparations can be granted to victims. They include, for instance, monetary compensation, rehabilitation, and medical support.

00:56They may also be of a symbolic nature. Reparations may be made on an individual or collective basis and take cultural considerations into account.

01:07According to Attorney Gilbert Andres, one of the five Philippine lawyers listed on the ICC's list of counsel, reparations are a separate process.

01:16Reparations may be made on an individual or collective basis and take cultural considerations into account.

01:33So this will be a separate process because the ICC believes that this whole international criminal justice proceedings should be victim-centered.

01:44Reparations should be paid to the person who was found guilty. That's why his assets are being freezed while the damages are being processed.

01:53It's important to know where the assets are being damaged.

01:57So that's the complication of a freeze order. Can it actually be implemented based on where the asset is?

02:05Whether it's in the territory of a non-state party or in the territory of a state party?

02:11And are the state or non-state parties willing to actually cooperate with that ICC freeze order?

02:18The Philippines has not broken the Rome Statute for six years. That's why it's no longer under the control of the ICC.

02:25Political will is needed so that the Philippine government, if it's willing to cooperate, can find a legal remedy that's applicable within our Philippine domestic system.

02:35It will be up to the president in the sense that the president will direct the necessary agency to do the necessary legal remedy.

02:46But there are cases where a person who was found guilty is not enough to make reparations.

02:52In many cases, the impact of the crime can be immense and the guilty person doesn't have enough financial resources to compensate for the potentially large number of victims.

03:03This is why states have also created a trust fund for victims financed by voluntary contributions to assist in executing the reparations ordered by the judges.