Rome Statute

Lacson: Duterte can scrap VFA in absence of SC ruling on President’s power to unilaterally break treaties

(Eagle News) -- Senator Panfilo Lacson believes President Rodrigo Duterte can scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement without the Senate's approval…

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…

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…

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…

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'…

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…

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…

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…

Palace says “some human rights groups” critical of gov’t’s drug war have become “tools of drug lords”

(Eagle News) -- Malacanang said that “some human rights groups” may have become “tools of drug lords” in trying to…

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…

Top ICC official “regrets” PHL decision to withdraw from tribunal

The Hague, Netherlands -- The president of the member-states of the International Criminal Court said Friday he regretted the Philippines was leaving…

Roque: It is the “beginning of the end” for ICC following PHL withdrawal

(Eagle News)-- It is the "beginning of the end" for the International Criminal Court following the Philippines' pullout, Malacañang said…

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