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Peru annuls ex-president Fujimori’s pardon, orders arrest

Carlos Mandujano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 04:47 AM

A Peruvian court on Wednesday annulled Alberto Fujimori's pardon for crimes against humanity and ordered the 80-year-old's immediate arrest, officials said. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte tells the truth

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 30 06:22 PM

President Duterte’s admission  may yet be what truth-seeking, freedom-loving Filipinos have been praying for. Read more »

Philippines tells UN: Rights of citizens, law enforcers over rights of criminals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 10:01 AM

MANILA - If forced to, the Philippines will protect the rights of its law-abiding citizens and law enforcers over drug lords and criminals who are out to "kill and destroy," Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the United Nations (UN) on Sunday. Read more »

Duterte 'umamin' sa EJK; Palasyo dumepensa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 08:08 PM

Kahit sa bibig mismo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nagmula ang kaniyang "pag-amin" sa pagkakasangkot sa EJKs, sinabi pa rin ng Palasyo na hindi ito dapat seryosohin. Read more »

OPINION: Families of drug war victims bring plea for justice at the ICC

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Aug 31 12:59 PM

While President Duterte may be able to prevent his arrest in the country, he would be risking arrest if he is in another country that has signed and ratified the Rome statute. Read more »

Human rights group, nagsampa ng bagong reklamo sa ICC laban kay Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 02:24 AM

Nagsampa ng bagong kaso sa International Criminal Court ang isang human rights group laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Victims of Duterte drug war tame anger, overcome fear as they bring fight to ICC

Inday Espina-Varona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 11:02 PM

“This is historic because this is the first time victims themselves are filing a case against President Durerte,” said Neri Colmenares of the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers, counsel for the complainants. Read more »

Supreme Court told: PH withdrawal from ICC has no legal basis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 07:53 PM

The Philippines' withdrawal from the ICC has no legal basis and was just a "whimsical and arbitrary" decision of President Duterte, a public interest lawyer told the SC on Tuesday.  Read more »

Bagong reklamong 'crimes against humanity' vs Duterte, isinampa sa ICC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 07:39 PM

Pero ayon sa Palasyo, walang kahulugan at walang kahihinatnan ang kasong ito. Read more »

Duterte faces fresh case at ICC over drug war

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 01:34 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday faced another complaint before the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in connection with killings linked to his anti-drug drive.  Read more »

Overseas Filipino group to ICC: Expedite case vs Duterte

Jofelle Tesorio, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Aug 01 04:00 PM

THE HAGUE – A number of overseas Filipinos from human rights and democracy groups held a small rally in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC) here on Monday, calling for the start of the tribunal's investigation into the case of crimes against humanity against President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

ICC prosecutor in DR Congo to probe alleged crimes against humanity

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 08:25 AM

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday, the ICC said, following requests to investigate deadly violence in DR Congo.  Read more »

Bakit di pa dapat dalhin sa Korte Suprema ang pagkalas ng Pinas sa ICC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 08:22 PM

Mas mabuti raw munang mabinbin ito at kuwestiyunin na lang sa Korte Suprema sa mas "pabor" na pagkakataon. Read more »

OPINION: In disarray

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Mar 23 02:34 PM

The statements of Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and the tweets of Philippine ambassador to the United Nations Teodoro Locsin, Jr. related to President Duterte’s decision to withdraw Philippine membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) gave the public insights about the disarray in the Malacañang team. Read more »

Duterte says he cannot be ‘prosecuted internationally’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 10:16 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday insisted he cannot be “prosecuted internationally” as the treaty that created the International Criminal Court did not become part of Philippine law. Read more »

What’s your power? Duterte questions ongoing ICC probe

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 08:56 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said there may no longer be any basis for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to push through with its proceedings against him after the Philippines withdrew its ratification of a statute that created the international body. Read more »

Pilipinas, walang pananagutan sa ICC mula umpisa: Palasyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 10:05 PM

Wala umanong bisa sa Pilipinas ang Rome Statute na lumikha ng International Criminal Court, ayon kay Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo.  Read more »

Marcos, Estrada ouster proof that PH doesn't need ICC: Panelo

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 20 08:33 PM

The chief lawyer of President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday defended the Philippines' withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) anew, saying the country doesn't need it. Read more »

OPINION: 17 senators backed the ICC, fully aware it could prosecute a sitting President

Raïssa Robles
Posted at Mar 20 03:57 PM

Why have most of the senators who voted YES to ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) not spoken up to defend their action? Why the stunning silence? Read more »

ICC urges PH not to continue with 'regrettable' withdrawal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 11:40 PM

MANILA- The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday urged the Philippines not to push through with its plan to withdraw its ratification of the treaty that created the tribunal. Read more »