Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:45:32 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte is hiding behind the “legal acrobatics of his men” rather than face the International Criminal Court (ICC), detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima said Thursday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 08:27:49 +0000
THE Philippines will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) should it proceed with its investigation against President Rodrigo Duterte and his war on drugs, Malacañang reiterated on Thursday. Palace spokesman Salvador…READ
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:27:34 +0000
By saying the International Criminal Court (ICC) cannot try President Duterte for the thousands of killings in his brutal war on drugs, the country’s top two legal officers betrayed their ignorance of the Rome Statute, human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares said on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:01:22 +0000
Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares asserted Tuesday that Presiden Duterte can be investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:20:29 +0000
By March 17, Filipinos will have lost one of the remedies to abusive and tyrannical regimes as the country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) takes effect, according to former law dean Chel Diokno.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 05:24:16 +0000
Malaysia has become a member of the International Criminal Court in a boost for the beleaguered institution at a time it faces growing criticism.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 01:59:28 +0000
The ICC in the Hague acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo over a wave of post-electoral violence.
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If President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that his only sin was extrajudicial killings was, according to his spokespersons, just a joke, then it’s not funny.
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US national security adviser John Bolton on Monday denounced the legitimacy of The Hague-based court, which was created in 2002 to prosecute war crimes and crimes of humanity and genocide in areas where perpetrators might not otherwise face justice. The court has 123 state parties that recognize its jurisdiction.
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Former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda was a dreaded commander whose troops slaughtered civilians with machetes and disemboweled pregnant women, the International Criminal Court (ICC) heard on Tuesday.
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