Multiple social media posts are misrepresenting a statement submitted by a Japanese nongovernmental organization to the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding the crimes against humanity case of former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court.
Some netizens called it an “intervention” from the UN itself, while others described it as a “lawsuit” against President Ferdinand Marcos and the ICC. Both claims are wrong.
On May 20, a Facebook page published a composite photo that included:
The graphic carried this text:
“UNITED NATION (sic) NAKIALAM NA SA PINAS FINISH KANA P-MARCOS (The United Nations has intervened in the Philippines. You’re finished now, President Marcos)”
The page posted the graphic in three pro-Duterte FB groups, with captions in Filipino that state that the “UN has intervened in Philippine politics,” “Marcos is finished,” and that “the UN has accused the Marcos administration of using the ICC against Duterte.”
From May 20 to 22, the same graphic was republished by several FB pages and users, with some duplicating the captions in full or in part. Other netizens also tweaked the composite photo, adding a different picture of Duterte and...
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