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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
Updated as of Jan 03 08:30 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
Updated as of Dec 18 02:56 PM

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 »

PH return to war crimes body possible but ‘difficult’: human rights exec

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 10:27 PM

The Supreme Court may eventually have to settle whether the Philippines’ withdrawal from a war crimes tribunal is valid, a human rights commissioner said Friday but also suggested that the issue may be better left “in limbo” for now. Read more »

OPINION: In disarray

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Dec 16 07:17 AM

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 »

Palace: PH won't cooperate in ICC proceedings vs Duterte

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 01:59 PM

Malacañang on Thursday reiterated that the Philippines will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) with its ongoing proceedings against President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Duterte links Fil-Am to ICC's preliminary examination

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 06:31 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte accused Filipino-American Loida Nicolas Lewis of having a hand in the preliminary examination conducted by the International Criminal Court into his war on drugs.  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 »

Int'l jurists say PH exit from ICC ‘hasty, ill-conceived’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 07:58 PM

MANILA - A group of 60 judges and lawyers from all corners of the globe has branded President Duterte's decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as “hasty and ill-conceived.” Read more »

Russia respects Philippines' planned exit from ICC

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 12:36 PM

Russia respects the Philippines' decision to break away from the International Criminal Court, while the United States stressed the importance of continued cooperation with the tribunal, the countries' representatives in Manila said Wednesday. 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 »

No need for an international criminal court - Panelo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 08:06 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's chief lawyer defended Manila's move to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. Read more »