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OPINION: Duterte, Sudan’s al-Bashir, and China

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 17 02:17 PM

President Duterte and his accomplices may delay the inevitable by seeking refuge to a place out of reach of the International Criminal Court. There’s one that we can think of: China. Read more »

ICC verdict can be applied on current or former President: Carpio

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 18 04:36 AM

This was the answer of retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpion when he was asked Friday by journalists about the extent of the crimes against humanity case filed against Duterte before the ICC. Read more »

Duterte's former ICC accuser dances around case's veracity

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 09:47 AM

The case against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) was politically motivated, the lawyer who filed it said Friday, despite admitting that he "cannot say what is true" or not in the allegations. Read more »

OPINION: Why the Sabio communication withdrawal is inconsequential

Romel Regalado Bagares*, VERA Files
Posted at Jan 15 07:43 PM

Lawyer Jude Sabio really has no case to withdraw because his submission is not even a case yet.  Read more »

Lawyer details money gripes vs Trillanes in ICC withdrawal move

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 03:43 PM

Lawyer Jude Sabio said the complaint he filed in 2017 over Duterte’s “crimes against humanity” was “just part of the political propaganda” of former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV other opposition figures “of which I do not wish to be a part.” Read more »

Duterte critics only using ICC, Palace says

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:32 AM

Critics of President Rodrigo Duterte are only using the International Criminal Court to ruin his reputation, Malacañang said Wednesday after a lawyer withdrew his communication to the tribunal on the chief executive’s supposed "crimes against humanity." Read more »

Sabio not paid to withdraw ICC case vs Duterte: Gadon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 09:23 AM

Lawyer Jude Sabio was not paid by anyone to withdraw his communication against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court, his colleague said Wednesday.   Read more »

Sabio communication on Duterte's 'crimes against humanity' can’t be withdrawn, ICC prosecutor says

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:24 AM

Hours after lawyer Jude Sabio announced he was withdrawing the communication against the Philippine drug war that he filed with the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ICC Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) said late Tuesday any communication filed with their office “cannot be withdrawn.” Read more »

Lawyer withdraws his ICC communication vs PH drug war

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 04:12 AM

The lawyer who first filed a communication against President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war before the International Criminal Court makes good on his threat to withdraw his case after a falling out with former senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Lawyer withdraws 'crimes against humanity' complaint vs Duterte before ICC

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 04:17 AM

A lawyer who filed a communication against President Rodrigo Duterte for "crimes against humanity" before the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Tuesday he had withdrawn his case. Read more »

Palace asserts PH out of ICC jurisdiction after tribunal sets 2020 deadline for drug war preliminary exam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 05:38 PM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) does not have jurisdiction over the Philippines, a Malacañang official said Saturday, a day after a report claimed that the ICC is set to finalize its preliminary examination on drug war issues next year. Read more »

ICC aims to finalize preliminary exam on PH drug war case in 2020: report

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 08:45 PM

On Feb. 8, 2018, ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced the opening of a preliminary examination on the alleged crimes committed during President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war. This, after her office reviewed a number of communications and reports documenting alleged crimes. Read more »

ICC prosecutor junks complaint vs Xi Jinping on West Philippine Sea dispute

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 11:41 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor has junked the communication filed by 2 former government officials and Filipino fishermen against Chinese President Xi Jinping over alleged destruction of natural resources in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Congolese warlord 'Terminator' gets harshest ever ICC sentence

Sara Magniette, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 09:29 PM

Fighters loyal to him carried out atrocities such as a massacre in a banana field behind a village in which at least 49 people including children and babies were disemboweled or had their heads smashed in. Read more »

Ex-PH lawmaker confident ICC case vs. Duterte will prosper

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 12:37 PM

Bayan Muna chair and former sectoral representative Neri Colmenares is confident that the International Criminal Court case against President Rodrigo Duterte will prosper, especially since they have just filed additional evidence.   Read more »

Joint UN, international court probe on slays under Duterte administration sought

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 04:55 PM

MANILA - A lawyers’ group and relatives of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings in government's drug war have asked the International Criminal Court to run a parallel investigation with the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on murder and crimes against humanity charges against President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

OPINION: Trillanes writes to Sabio

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 09 12:52 PM

Many were surprised and intrigued by lawyer Jude Sabio’s column because he and Sen. Antonio Trillanes were together in haling President Duterte to the International Criminal Court.  Read more »

The turnaround of Jude Sabio: Once trusted ally now open to testify vs Trillanes

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 03:55 PM

MANILA – The lawyer who filed a communication with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Rodrigo Duterte and his war on drugs is open to testifying against former senator Antonio Trillanes IV in the sedition complaint against opposition figures pending before the Department of Justice.   Read more »

Duterte tinulak ang death penalty, tinalakay ang West PH Sea sa SONA 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 09:51 PM

Ang pagbabalik sa parusang kamatayan ang isa sa mga tinalakay ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kaniyang SONA.   Read more »

Duterte undaunted by international court: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 04:43 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is unafraid to face an international tribunal concerning his domestic policies, Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »