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Victoria Tulad

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MANILA -- Almost a month after being filed, Senate Resolution 307 was adopted by the Senate on Tuesday. SR 307 is a &quot;Resolution expressing the sense of the Senate of the Philippines to protect all Filipinos against extrajudicial rendition and guarantee them a reasonable time prior to their surrender by or extradition from the Philippines to seek redress from the courts and avail of legal remedies.&quot;The word &quot;extraordinary&quot; was replaced with &quot;extrajudicial&quot; during Tuesday&#x27;s session as suggested by Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano. The resolution essentially wants all persons sought to be extradited or surrendered to an international court to be given the opportunity to seek redress from Philippine courts first.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/2/24/senate-begins-tackling-resolution-urging-icc-warrants-to-go-through-ph-courts-first-1919">READ: Senate begins tackling resolution urging ICC warrants to go through PH courts first</a></div>Three senators voted no: Senate Deputy Majority Leader Risa Hontiveros, and Senators Francis &quot;Kiko&quot; Pangilinan and Bam Aquino. &quot;Sa totoo lang po, nakakalito ang resolution dahil lahok-lahok ang mga legal concepts – extraordinary rendition o extrajudicial rendition at synonymous sa isa&#x27;t isa na talaga naman bawal, extradition na may kanya-kanyang governing treaty, at ang totoong pinapatungkulan ng resolution na ito – which is a surrender to the ICC following Section 17 of the Republic Act 9851,&quot; Hontiveros said. RA 9851 is the &quot;Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity.&quot;&quot;Sabi ng resolution, two options daw ang nasa RA 9851: extradition o surrender. Pero hindi po extradition ang tamang proseso dahil according to international law, at sa Rules on Extradition Proceedings ng Korte Suprema, extradition is a formal, treaty-based process in which one state surrenders an accused or convicted person to another state to stand trial or serve a sentence,&quot; Hontiveros explained. &quot;The ICC is not a state so extradition could not have been an option. Hindi po namili ng mas mapangahas na option ang Executive, namili po siya ng angkop na option, dahil extradition is an incorrect remedy,&quot; she added.Hontiveros pointed out that surrendering to the ICC is not a deprivation of due process, but a means to achieve this, and that due process is not confined to a Philippine court room. <div><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/2/25/cayetano-senate-resolution-meant-to-give-filipinos-remedies-before-icc-turnover-2146">READ: Cayetano explains: Senate resolution meant to give Filipinos remedies before ICC turnover</a></div>She also pointed out that former President Rodrigo Duterte was able to avail of fair proceedings from the ICC, such as the right to counsel and presumption of innocence. &quot;I agree with the first sentence of the second to the last clause of the resolution: one person who was denied due process is one too many. Tama po. Ang hindi po binigyan ng pagkakataon magsalita, ipagtanggol ang sarili, humarap sa korte, magbigay ng kanilang panig at kumprontahin ang kanilang mga taga-usig ay tunay ngang kalunos-lunos. Noong mga taong 2016-2022, libo-libo po sila. I stand for them. I vote no to PSR No. 307,&quot; Hontiveros remarked. Pangilinan, meanwhile, acknowledged that there are questions on extraordinary or extrajudicial rendition, citing a pending petition before the Supreme Court. But he emphasized that the call for justice of the families of extrajudicial killing victims should not be set aside in the resolution. &quot;Ang napakapait na katotohanan din ay habang dinedebate sa resolusyon na ito tungkol sa due process at kapangyarihan ng ating mga lokal na korte na magpasya tungkol sa mga maaaring maaresto sa bisa ng mga warrant ng ICC, yung libo-libong pinatay sa ngalan ng Oplan Double Barrel na yan ang paratang sa ICC case ngayon, yung libo-libo na yun ay hindi nabigyan ng due process,&quot; Pangilinan said. &quot;Bilang chairman ng Committee on Justice and Human Rights, ang boto ko ay para sa hustisya, ang boto ko ay para sa mga naging biktima ng pag-abuso sa karapatang pantao,&quot; he stressed.

Almost a month after being filed, Senate Resolution 307 was adopted by the Senate on Tuesday.

Almost a month after being filed, Senate Resolution 307 was adopted by the Senate on Tuesday.

Senate adopts resolution on extrajudicial rendition; 3 senators vote no

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Senate adopts resolution on extrajudicial rendition; 3 senators vote no

Victoria Tulad,

ABS-CBN News

Published March 17, 2026 07:45 PM PHT

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Updated March 18, 2026 06:40 PM PHT

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Kiko Pangilinan

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