Tag: International Criminal Court

Opposition senators urge SC to allow detained De Lima to represent them in their petition vs PHL’s ICC withdrawal

(Eagle News)—Opposition senators on Thursday, July 26, urged the Supreme Court to allow detained Senator Leila de Lima to represent them in oral arguments on their petition against the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In their four-page manifestation with motion, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, Antonio Trillanes IV and De Lima herself noted  the detained senator was, they believe, the “best” who could “present and argue” the case, the issues […]

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SC resets oral arguments on consolidated petition vs PHL’s ICC withdrawal anew

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has reset anew oral arguments on the consolidated petition challenging the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. SC spokesperson Theodore Te said the debate on the petition filed by opposition senators Leila De Lima, Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, and Antonio Trillanes IV, and of the Philippine Coalition for the ICC was now scheduled on  Aug. 14 from Aug. 7. They  cited as a reason for […]

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De Lima seeks SC approval for appearance in ICC petition oral arguments

(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court for it to allow her to take part in oral arguments for the  opposition lawmakers’ petition questioning the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the Rome Statute. “..This Honorable Court is respectfully asked to take judicial notice of its practice of permitting members of Congress to appear before it and argue their cases,” De Lima, who was among those who filed the petition against the […]

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Supreme Court sets oral arguments for opposition lawmakers’ petition vs PHL withdrawal from ICC

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has set oral arguments for the petition seeking to have the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court declared as invalid. Oral arguments on the petition for certiorari and mandamus filed by Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV were slated on July 24, at 2 p.m., at the SC’s session hall. […]

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Opposition senators ask Supreme Court to declare PHL withdrawal from ICC “invalid”

(Eagle News) –Opposition senators on Wednesday, May 16, asked the Supreme Court to declare the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court as “invalid or ineffective.” In a 17-page petition for certiorari and mandamus, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Leila De Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV also asked the High Court to compel the executive department, through the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations, […]

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Tolentino: ICC’s plan to conduct preliminary probe an intervention on the country’s regulation and jurisdiction

(Eagle News) — Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs Secretary Francis Tolentino on Monday, April 16 defended the remarks of President Rodrigo Duterte that he will arrest the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the latter will insist in going to the country. In an interview with Net 25’s, “Sa Ganang Mamamayan,” Tolentino said the statement of the President to arrest the ICC official, Fatou Bensouda, has basis. He said that the ICC’s […]

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Guatemala votes on international court handling Belize border dispute

by Edgar Calderon © Agence France-Presse GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — Guatemala voted Sunday on whether to send a long-running border dispute with neighboring Belize to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for final resolution. Polls closed at 6:00 pm (0000 GMT) after 11 hours of voting, which took place “without reports of security incidents,” according to Supreme Electoral Tribunal president Maria Eugenia Mijangos. But despite 7.5 million Guatemalans being summoned to the ballot box, the […]

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Gordon: Duterte has right to order arrest of ICC prosecutors if they come to PHL

(Eagle News)—Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday, April 15, said President Rodrigo Duterte has every right to order the arrest of International Criminal Court prosecutors should they come to the country. “As far as the President is concerned, he has the right to protect the country. Kapag ang mga ito ay gagawa lang ng hindi mabuti, dine-destabilize ang bayan natin, he has that right,” Gordon said in a radio interview. He also agreed with Duterte’s position […]

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Duterte threatens to bar ICC prosecutor from entering PHL

“What is your authority now if we are not members of the (Rome Statute)?” he asks (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, April 13, threatened to bar the International Criminal Court prosecutor tasked to look into the drug war from entering the country. “Ms. Fatou (ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda), wag ka pumunta dito because I will bar you. Not because I’m afraid of you but because you will never have jurisdiction over my […]

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China backs PHL pullout from ICC

(Eagle News)–China has expressed support for the Philippines’ pullout from the International Criminal Court, saying that the tribunal “should respect the sovereignty of nations, act cautiously and avoid being used as a political tool.” “China believes that a sovereign country has the right to say no to political manipulation under the cloak of law,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang added in a press conference on Wednesday. According to the spokesperson,  since President Rodrigo Duterte […]

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ICC says PHL withdrawal has “no impact” on proceedings, won’t stop preliminary examination on Duterte case

  (Eagle News) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) said it will proceed with the preliminary examination on the case filed against the Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and his officials, even as it had received notice that the country was withdrawing from the Rome Statute. In a statement, the ICC said that it was already officially notified by the United Nations on Monday, March 19, of the Philippines’ written notification of withdrawal, but explained that […]

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CHR commissioner says “too late” for PHL gov’t to stop ICC preliminary examination

  (Eagle News) – An official of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said that it would require the Senate to actually agree to the withdrawal of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court (ICC) before the country can be considered that it is actually withdrawing from the international body. CHR commissioner Roberto Cadiz, the current CHR officer-in-charge, also said that it was “too late in the day” for the Philippine government to stop the […]

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