Tag: International Criminal Court

PHL leaves International Criminal Court

The Philippines officially quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Sunday, March 17, though the beleaguered tribunal has pledged to pursue its examination of possible crimes in the government’s deadly drug war. Manila’s withdrawal becomes final a year after it told the United Nations that it was quitting the world’s only permanent war crimes tribunal, the second nation to do so. “The Secretary-General…informed all concerned states that the withdrawal will take effect for the Philippines on […]

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Palace: ICC to violate own rules if it proceeds with full-blown probe of drug war

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, March 11, said the International Criminal Court would be violating its own rules if it decides to conduct a full-blown investigation into the administration’s drug war. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, in the first place, under the law, the ICC “can proceed only when there is a preliminary investigation prior to the withdrawal” of the Philippines from the court. The Philippines’ withdrawal takes effect on March 17. Panelo said […]

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ICC to continue probe of President Duterte on EJKs in drug war; ICC prosecutor claims “jurisdiction” in case

  (Eagle News) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensourda, said that her office will continue to conduct its examination of the situation in the Philippines, even if the country had already initiated action to withdraw from the Rome Statute. In her annual report on preliminary examination activities for year 2018, the Philippines was listed as among the countries in which the ICC had opened preliminary examinations. The report covers the period […]

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Trillanes to ICC: Expedite probe on Duterte

(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday, Sept. 28, urged the International Criminal Court to expedite its investigation into the two communication reports filed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s critics against him in connection with the drug war. Trillanes made the statement after Duterte made a statement that the senator said was tantamount to the chief executive admitting he had a hand in the so-called extrajudicial killings in the country. The Palace has denied […]

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Duterte welcomes US official’s attack on ICC; It’s “timely, quite refreshing,” he says

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Sept. 20, said a US official’s attack on the International Criminal Court was “quite refreshing.” Duterte, who himself criticized the body, was referring to the pronouncements of  US National Security Adviser John Bolton, who declared the ICC “dead to America and “illegitimate,” and described it as “ineffective, unaccountable, and indeed outright dangerous.” Bolton made the statements as the ICC was preparing to probe what it said was detainee […]

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Former solon to represent opposition senators in ICC withdrawal oral arguments

(Eagle News) — Former Akbayan party-list Rep. Barry Gutierrez will represent the opposition senators who filed a petition against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court before the Supreme Court. Gutierrez formally entered his appearance as counsel for Senators Kiko Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV after the High Court denied De Lima’s appeal she be allowed to represent herself and her co-petitioners in the oral arguments […]

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Supreme Court holds oral arguments on PHL’s planned withdrawal from ICC

(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court is holding today, Tuesday, Aug. 28, oral arguments on the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Two petitions against the planned withdrawal were filed separately—one by opposition senators Kiko Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV; and the other by the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court led by former Commission on Human Rights chair Etta Rosales. Earlier, the SC denied […]

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Relatives of drug suspects killed in police ops file “communication” vs President Duterte before ICC

Palace unfazed; says the communication “does not mean anything” (Eagle News) — Relatives of drug suspects killed in police operations have filed a communication against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court. In filing the communication before the ICC on Tuesday, Aug. 28, Rise Up for Life and Rights, which includes critics of Duterte’s drug war, said the President violated Article 7 of the Rome Statute for “widespread and systematic attacks in the form […]

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SC denies De Lima’s appeal she be allowed to personally appear in oral arguments on ICC petition

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied detained Senator Leila de Lima’s appeal she be allowed to personally represent herself in oral arguments on the petition she and several others filed against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In denying De Lima’s appeal, the SC en banc, voting 10-2, said her motion for reconsideration presented no new argument that warrants a reversal of the High Court’s earlier decision. In its earlier […]

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De Lima appeals SC decision vs her participation in ICC petition oral arguments

(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision denying her request she be allowed to participate in debates on the petition against the Philippines’ announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In her motion for reconsideration, De Lima said she was only asking she be allowed to travel from Camp Crame, where she is detained on drug charges, to the SC in Manila and vice versa, for […]

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SC resets oral arguments on ICC petition anew

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has reset anew oral arguments on the petition against the Philippines’ announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Instead of Aug. 14, they will be held on Aug. 28, the SC Public Information Office said. The SC said it would release a resolution on the same on Tuesday, Aug. 14. The postponement comes after the SC junked a petition filed by opposition senators for detained Senator Leila de Lima […]

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SC denies De Lima’s plea for her to be allowed to join oral arguments on ICC withdrawal

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied detained Senator Leila de Lima’s plea she be allowed to “appear and personally represent herself” during oral arguments on the Philippines’ announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Voting 10-2, the SC said it found “no compelling reason” for the senator, who is detained in Camp Crame over drug cases, to make the appearance and argue against the withdrawal. For this, the SC “noted that Senator De […]

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