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'Bastos yan': Duterte urges member states to leave ICC

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 18 06:11 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he will convince other signatories to the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC), to "get out" of the agreement.  Read more »

PH withdrawal from ICC needs Senate nod: lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 12:01 AM

Jude Sabio said entering a treaty is a "shared power" between the president and the Senate, therefore a decision to leave requires both their approval. 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 »

Philippines informs UN secretary general of withdrawal from ICC

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 05:07 PM

The Philippine ambassador to the United Nations on Friday has formally informed the UN Secretary General of the government's decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte is mistaken

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 16 08:27 AM

If President Duterte thinks he is now out of the reach of the International Criminal Court because he directed the Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to withdraw the ratification of the Philippines of the Rome Statute which established the ICC, he is mistaken. Read more »

Roque blames U.N. rights chief for ICC withdrawal

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 01:32 PM

MANILA -- United Nations high commissioner  for human rights Zeid bin Ra’ad al-Hussein’s remark against President Rodrigo Duterte was among the reasons the Chief Executive decided to withdraw the Philippines from a treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to a Malacañang official. Read more »

Pagbaliktad ni Roque sa isyu ng ICC, binatikos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 03:22 AM

Inulan ng batikos si Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque matapos niyang bumaligtad sa isyu ng pagkalas ng Pilipinas sa International Criminal Court. Read more »

Roque: No need for Senate nod for PH withdrawal from ICC

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 01:41 AM

Malacañang on Thursday said there is no need for a Senate concurrence in the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), even as it maintained President Rodrigo Duterte is not avoiding accountability with the government’s latest move. Read more »

Pagkalas ng Pilipinas sa ICC, binatikos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 11:26 PM

Inulan ng batikos ang desisyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na kumalas ang Pilipinas sa International Criminal Court (ICC) lalo't dati niyang sinabi na handa siyang harapin ang anumang paratang na ihahain laban sa kaniya ng korte. Read more »

Can Duterte pull out PH from ICC?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 11:05 PM

President Duterte previously dared the ICC to indict him and even said he is willing to go to jail to defend his anti-drug campaign. Read more »

PH rights advocates slam decision to break away from ICC

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 15 08:41 PM

The Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC) said it was "appalled" by the decision. Read more »

CenterLaw insists PH ratification of statute creating ICC binding

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 08:21 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte cannot insist that the Rome Statute is not binding to the Philippines because it was not published locally, a group of human rights lawyers said Thursday. Read more »

Philippines' ICC exit won't affect investments: trade chief

Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 01:55 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to withdraw the Philippines from the International Criminal Court is unlikely to turn off investors, one of his economic managers said Thursday. Read more »

Robredo: Philippines to lose rights 'safety net' with ICC exit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 15 03:55 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo said Thursday that the Philippines' planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court would remove a safeguard against possible abuse by government officials. Read more »

PH withdrawal 'the beginning of the end' for ICC: Duterte spokesman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 15 10:00 AM

The spokesman of President Rodrigo Duterte believes the Philippines' withdrawal from the International Criminal Court is "the beginning of the end" for the court, as it will start an avalanche of withdrawal of other countries. Read more »

Pilipinas, nag-abiso nang ‘kakalas’ sa ICC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 09:16 PM

Giit ng pangulo, hindi nakatupad ang ICC sa mga panuntunan kung bakit lumagda ang Pilipinas sa Rome Statute. Read more »

Rights groups: PH withdrawal from ICC won't halt proceedings vs Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 07:33 PM

Several rights groups on Wednesday said proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges filed against President Rodrigo Duterte over deaths in his drug war would continue despite his decision to withdraw the country's ratification of the treaty that created the tribunal.    Read more »

PH to withdraw from ICC

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 04:20 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to withdraw the Philippines’ ratification of a United Nations treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC), just as the international body started its preliminary examination of the charges against the Filipino leader in connection to his controversial war on drugs. Read more »

British MP vows scrutiny of spy equipment sale to Philippines

Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Updated as of Mar 11 06:24 PM

A member of the British parliament on Sunday vowed to scrutinize his country's export of surveillance equipment to Manila, saying this may make UK "complicit" in the alleged extra-judicial killings under the Philippines' war on drugs. Read more »

CHR: No reason for ICC to step in if PH probes drug war deaths

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 10:44 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday urged the Philippine government to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after President Rodrigo Duterte advised law enforcers and state troops to ignore any human rights inquiry. Read more »