Category: ICC

Philippines’ Marcos Cuts Off Contact With ICC Over Probe Into Drug-War Killings

March 29, 2023
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday that he had decided to cut ties with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the court denied the government’s appeal to cease a probe into his predecessor’s brutal war on drugs. “At this point, we essentially are disengaging from any contact, from any communication,” Marcos told reporters, according…

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ICC Judges Approve Request to Reopen Probe Into Philippines’ Drug War Killings

January 28, 2023
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that it had granted its prosecutor’s request to reopen a probe into the alleged killings and rights abuses committed in the Philippines’ drug war campaign. The ICC judges concluded that the Philippine government failed to provide any evidence to support its claims that it was conducting concrete investigations…

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Rights Group Opposes Philippines’ Request to Halt ICC Probe on Duterte’s Drug War Killings

September 10, 2022
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There is no evidence showing that the Philippines government is investigating the killings committed in the drug war campaign led by former President Rodrigo Duterte, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. Carlos Conde, an HRW researcher in the Philippines, said the group has been monitoring the situation since November and found “no compelling…

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Parents of Reuters Photojournalist Killed in Afghanistan Bring Taliban to Court

March 23, 2022
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The parents of Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in Afghanistan last year, have launched legal action against the Taliban terrorist group at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, 38, was killed on July 16, 2021 as the terrorist group gained control of the country. Siddiqui was accompanying an Afghan special…

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Putin Has Committed War Crimes in Ukraine: UK’s Johnson

March 2, 2022
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine. At the Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on March 2, Johnson said, “What we have seen already from Vladimir Putin’s regime in the use of the munitions that they have already been dropping on innocent…

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ICC Has Arrested Central African Republic War Crimes Suspect: Statement

January 25, 2021
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THE HAGUE—The International Criminal Court on Sunday said it had taken into custody a former Central African Republic commander of the “Seleka” faction suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In a statement, the court said Mahamat Said Abdel Kain had surrendered to the court on Sunday and had been arrested under a warrant…

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