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Malacañang’s incoherent statement on ICC’s continuing probe

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Dec 08 09:59 AM

The one thing that spooks President Duterte fiercely is the case of crime against humanity brought against him before the International Criminal Court in The Hague which gave him the dubious distinction of being the first Southeast Asian leader to be charged before the ICC.   Read more »

ICC prosecutor continues preliminary probe on PH drug war

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 04:45 PM

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda revealed this on Wednesday in her annual report on preliminary examination activities of her office. Read more »

BLOG: ICC to continue review of charges against Duterte

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Dec 06 04:40 PM

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will continue to study complaints filed against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte despite the mercurial leader’s refusal to recognize the organization. Read more »

Duterte: No pardon for cops in Kian’s slay

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 07:32 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he will not pardon the three policemen convicted for the murder of teenager Kian Delos Santos. Read more »

Duterte insists ICC can't try him

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 05:02 AM

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he does not recognize the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he is facing complaints over his administration's war on drugs. Read more »

Palasyo, dudang magagamit ang 'pag-amin ni Duterte' sa kaso sa ICC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 09:59 PM

Nakatakdang isumite sa International Criminal Court ng isang grupo ang tape at transcript ng umano ay pag-amin ng pangulo kaugnay sa isyu ng extrajudicial killings. 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 »

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 »

'Admission of guilt': Hilbay on Duterte's EJK remark

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:17 AM

It is an admission of guilt, according to a former Solicitor General.  Read more »

Duterte says Jordanian king spoke ill of cousin Zeid, ex-UN rights chief

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 09:16 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday claimed that Jordanian King Abdullah II does not think highly of his cousin, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein. Read more »

Foreigners will be 'human targets' for Filipino soldiers, Duterte jests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 12:02 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday took a swipe against foreign critics of the administration's war on drugs and said he would make them "human targets" for Filipino soldiers. Read more »

Duterte welcomes US official’s attack vs ICC

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 09:38 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday welcomed White House National Security Advisor John Bolton’s attack on the International Criminal Court. Read more »

ICC 'undeterred' after US sanctions threat

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 08:09 PM

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said its work would continue "undeterred" after Washington threatened to prosecute its officials if Americans are charged with war crimes committed in Afghanistan.   Read more »

ICC withdrawal not an exclusive decision of Duterte: minority senators

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 04:49 PM

The senators argued that the withdrawal should be invalidated as the Senate did not concur through a two-thirds vote. 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 »

Robredo spox to represent opposition senators in ICC oral arguments

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 01:53 PM

MANILA- Lawyer Barry Gutierrez will represent minority senators in the next round of Supreme Court oral arguments on their petition to invalidate the Philippines' withdrawal from the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC).   Read more »

Paring kritiko ng 'Davao Death Squad', may banta sa buhay

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 04:26 AM

MAYNILA - Kasalukuyang nagtatago si Father Amado Picardal matapos makatanggap ng banta sa kaniyang buhay.   Read more »

Parents of slain war on drugs victim believe PH justice system 'paralyzed'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 11:40 PM

Several families of the victims of the Duterte administration's war on drugs turn to the International Criminal Court to attain justice.  Read more »

No need for Senate concurrence? SC tackles petitions vs Philippines' ICC pullout

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 11:18 AM

The Supreme Court (SC) began to hear oral arguments on Tuesday on two petitions that seek to invalidate the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). 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 »