Drug-war victims’ kin

committing crimes against humanity under Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the ICC, particularly “widespread and systematic attacks against civilians” in the form of “extrajudicial killings of thousands of Filipinos” and other inhumane acts “for causing great suffering to the victims and their families.”

Kristina Conti, a lawyer for the victims, said the pleading was sent to ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda via e-mail on Thursday and a hard copy was sent through other means.

was submitted on Oct. 7, 2018.

The complainants cited the continued rise of the death toll in police operations related to the drug crackdown from August 2018 and - - tional Police (PNP), reporting 6,600 deaths in the police operations in June 18 and 5,526 in June 30.

They asserted that the killings under inve stigation, which include Purisima Dacumos, wife of Danilo Dacumos who was killed in a police operation on Aug. 3, 2017; and Rise Up, a network of church people, human rights advocates and the victims and families of the affected by drug-related killings.

Lopez said she continues to seek justice for the death of her son, Djastin, an epileptic who was killed in the police operation, even after one of the policeman involved in the killing has been removed from the service.

“Itoakoatibapangpamilya ngnamatayan,kahithanggang sadulolalabankami,hindikami titigilhanggangmakamitnamin anghustisyanaaminghinahanap (I am here, along with the families