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Supreme Court denies De Lima appeal to join debates on ICC withdrawal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 10:31 AM

MANILA - The Supreme Court denied Tuesday the motion for reconsideration of detained Senator Leila de Lima to let her join the oral arguments on the Philippines' withdrawal from the treaty that created the International Criminal Court. Read more »

Joma di hihingi ng tawad kay Duterte sa balitang 'comatose'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 22 08:49 PM

Nilinaw din ni Joma Sison na hindi niya gustong magkasakit si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte dahil kailangan pa nitong humarap sa paglilitis para sa mga krimeng nagawa nito sa bayan. Read more »

De Lima urges SC to let her join debates on ICC withdrawal

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 09:08 PM

Detained Senator Leila de Lima has not given up on her bid to personally appear and argue her case before the Supreme Court (SC) against the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read more »

SC won't allow De Lima to join debates on ICC withdrawal case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 01:39 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow detained Senator Leila de Lima join the oral arguments about a petition that seeks to invalidate the Philippines' withdrawal from the treaty that created the International Criminal Court. Read more »

20 years on, ICC urges help to fight war crimes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 17 08:46 PM

Even though the tribunal, faced many challenges "its work is increasingly shaping norms, casting a deterrent shadow across the globe," one lawyer has said. Read more »

SC resets oral arguments on plea vs PH withdrawal from ICC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 03:47 PM

The high court moved to August 14 oral arguments on the petition for certiorari filed by minority senators. Read more »

Detained De Lima seeks SC go signal to argue vs PH withdrawal from ICC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 12:33 PM

Detained Senator Leila De Lima has asked the Supreme Court to allow her argue for a petition seeking to nullify the Philippines' withdrawal from a treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read more »

De Lima to argue case at Supreme Court vs PH withdrawal from ICC

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 01:09 PM

The high court has scheduled oral arguments on their plea on July 24. Read more »

SC sets oral arguments on petition vs PH withdrawal from ICC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 03:33 PM

The Supreme Court has set in July oral arguments on a petition seeking to declare the Philippines' withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) "invalid or ineffective."    Read more »

Palace belittles senators’ plea vs ICC withdrawal

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 05:51 PM

Malacañang on Wednesday belittled the petition of minority senators asking the Supreme Court to declare the Philippines' withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) "invalid or ineffective."  Read more »

Minority senators ask SC to declare PH withdrawal from ICC invalid

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 07:39 PM

Senators from the minority bloc asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to declare the Philippines' withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) "invalid or ineffective."  Read more »

OPINION: Duterte’s threat helps ICC build case against him

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Apr 17 01:04 PM

President Duterte is actually making International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's job easy. Read more »

ICC probers' arrest can trigger economic sanctions, warns ex-envoy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 15 01:06 PM

The United Nations may impose economic sanctions against the Philippines if President Rodrigo Duterte arrests International Criminal Court officials looking into his anti-narcotics drive, a former envoy warned Sunday.   Read more »

Myanmar says ICC lacks jurisdiction to probe Rohingya crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 09:40 PM

Some 700,000 people from the stateless Muslim minority fled Myanmar's Rakhine state to Bangladesh following Rohingya insurgent attacks. Read more »

Duterte to ICC probers: I will arrest you

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 13 11:33 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday warned he will have members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrested here if they will continue to investigate the government's anti-illegal drugs campaign. Read more »

Trillanes mulls questioning Philippines' ICC exit before Supreme Court

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 04:38 PM

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday said he may question the government's plan to break away from the International Criminal Court before the country's Supreme Court. Read more »

OPINION: Psst, Paula, why do you Knack your sister Miriam’s ICC legacy?

Raïssa Robles
Posted at Mar 29 07:21 PM

Paula Defensor Knack's diatribe made me curious to look her up further. It seems her claim to expertise is that she is the youngest sister of the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago – architect of the Philippine concurrence to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Read more »

PNP: Duterte, DILG approval needed if ICC seeks data

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 01:43 PM

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said it is willing to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it seeks records related to the drug war, but only if approved by President Rodrigo Duterte or the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).   Read more »

Imbestigasyon ng ICC sa Pilipinas, puwedeng maiwasan?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 05:23 AM

Sa gitna ng isyu ng pagkalas ng Pilipinas sa International Criminal Court, sinabi ng isang eksperto na may posibilidad na maiwasan ang imbestigasyon ng ICC - ito ay kung may maiimbestigahan na high-ranking official ng PNP. 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 »