WHETHER or not the Philippines rejoins the International Criminal Court (ICC), its jurisdiction to prosecute cases cannot be regained, former Palace spokesman and lawyer Harry Roque Jr. said on Monday.

Roque, an international law expert, asserted that "ICC Jurisdiction once lost, cannot be regained despite a decision to join anew the Court."

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