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Senators allied with Ronald โBatoโ dela Rosa insist the ICC arrest warrant against him has no legal force in the Philippines. But international law, treaty obligations, and the ICCโs own confirmation of the warrant tell a different story. Hereโs why the arguments against the warrant do not hold up under closer legal scrutiny.Continue Reading
Vice President Sara Duterte says Filipinos are angry over the ICC detention of her father, Rodrigo Duterte. But calling it โkidnappingโ is disputed.Continue Reading
The ICC Appeals Chamber denied Duterteโs appeal for interim release, upholding detention in the Netherlands due to flight risk concerns.Continue Reading
Former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio urges moral reckoning as ICC hears Rodrigo Duterteโs drug war case over alleged crimes against humanity. (Image by Wikimedia Creative Commons) MANILA, Philippines โย Former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio is calling for a โmoral reckoningโ as the International Criminal Court (ICC) pressesContinue Reading
Former president Rodrigo Duterte has formally waived his right to attend the confirmation of charges hearing before the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his administrationโs war on drugs. With Duterte choosing not to appear โ either in person or via video link โ what happens next in the court process?Continue Reading
Senator Bam Aquino asserted during a Senate caucus that Filipinos who committed crimes in the country should be prosecuted here. His statement sounded patriotic, even legally sound. However, in the context of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) action against former President Rodrigo Duterte and two senators reportedly named as โco-perpetrators,โContinue Reading
Fear was the currency of the campaign when Rodrigo Duterte launched his war on drugs in 2016.ย Fear of crime. Fear of addicts lurking in neighborhoods. Fear that the state had grown weak. Duterte offered something simple and seductive: order through force. The early years of the drug war felt likeContinue Reading
