(MindaNews / 05 July) – The Plenary of Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed the plea of former President Rodrigo Duterte to disqualify two Pre-Trial Chamber 1 judges from adjudicating his challenge to the jurisdiction of the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 March) – The Davao City council unanimously approved Tuesday a resolution strongly urging the Philippine Senate to petition the International Criminal Court to release former President Rodrigo Duterte. The resolution, passed three days before Duterte’s 80th birthday,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) — The issue of sovereignty could not be invoked in relation to the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte and his subsequent commitment to the The Hague-based International Criminal Court because the Philippines ratified
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — Supporters of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte should remain calm after he was arrested on the strength of the warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) – Former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday morning on the strength of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). An official copy of the ICC arrest warrant was received earlier
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 10 March) – The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has drafted a policy on cyber-enabled crimes under the Rome Statute, which it has opened to the public for comments, the Office
NAGA CITY (MindaNews / 25 November) – The principle of complementarity in the Rome Statute (RS) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) provides “that the ICC… shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdiction” (RS, Preamble & Art. 1). It does
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 October) – The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) demanded accountability for the extrajudicial killings (EJKs) linked to the bloody war on drugs during the administration of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte. In a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 October) – Former Senator Leila M. de Lima on Tuesday called on the Philippine government to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) so it can prosecute former President Rodrigo Duterte, who allegedly initiated the deadly
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established pursuant to the Rome Statute, which is technically a global treaty. Acceding to the Rome Statute represented our commitment to the international community. According to the ICC website, the ICC “aims to hold
Contrary to the misleading statement of Vice President Sara Duterte on 23 November 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) may still investigate cases in the Philippines that were brought before it prior to the date the country’s withdrawal from the
NAGA CITY (MindaNews / 9 September) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) can conduct a Philippine investigation and prosecution of a crime against humanity of willful killing against those most responsible for the extra-judicial killings (EJKs) occasioned by the “war
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) — The Human Rights Watch (HRW) applauds the acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima of a drug charge filed against her by the government of then president Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement Friday,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 23 March) – The statement of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Monday (March 20) telling the International Criminal Court (ICC) or other critics to file a case against former President Rodrigo Duterte before the Department
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 16 February) — Notwithstanding the bold assertions of Philippine officials, sovereignty is a lame justification for the refusal to cooperate in the impending investigation by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the alleged
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /15 September) – The Pre-Trial Chamber 1 of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday granted the Prosecutor’s request to begin investigation into the alleged crimes against humanity in the context of the ‘war on drugs’ campaign
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 07 December) – The International Criminal Court said it will proceed with an assessment of the communications into the crimes alleged against President Rodrigo Duterte to determine if these fall within its jurisdiction. The statement, contained in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 July) – Sixty-five percent of Dabawenyos still see the importance of the Commission on Human Rights despite the attacks against it by President Rodrigo Duterte, a survey conducted by the University of Mindanao’s Institute of Popular Opinion
Dear Mr. President, Here is a quick appeal from one of your constituents in Davao City for more than two decades. Rethink your call to withdraw from the Rome Statute. I will not approach this from a legal analysis, although
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 February) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants to know what crime he is being accused of before the International Criminal Court (ICC) because “extrajudicial killing,” he said, is not found in the penal code of the
