Ivory Coast ex-strongman Gbagbo in shock ICC acquittal

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:01:39 +0000

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 26, 2010 Ivory Coast's President and incumbent Laurent Gbagbo attends a campaign meeting in Abidjan. - International Criminal Court on January 15, 2019 acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo over post-electoral violence in the West African nation in a stunning blow to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. (Photo by Seyllou / AFP)

The International Criminal Court acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday over a wave of post-electoral violence.

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ICC: PH withdrawal won’t stop probe of drug war

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:30:55 +0000

ICC: PH withdrawal won’t stop probe of drug war

President Rodrigo Duterte could still be held accountable for the thousands of drug killings on his watch despite the Philip

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France sued for ‘crimes’ over nuclear tests — Polynesia leader

France sued for 'crimes' over nuclear tests -- Polynesia leader

A complaint has been filed at the Hague-based International Criminal Court against France for alleged crimes against humanity over nuclear tests conducted in the South Pacific, a French Polynesian opposition leader said on Tuesday.

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US nat’l security adviser: International Criminal Court ‘already dead to us’

National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks at a Federalist Society luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

US national security adviser John Bolton on Monday denounced the legitimacy of The Hague-based court, which was created in 2002 to prosecute war crimes and crimes of humanity and genocide in areas where perpetrators might not otherwise face justice. The court has 123 state parties that recognize its jurisdiction.

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Troops of Congo warlord ‘Terminator’ killed civilians with machetes, ICC told

Troops of Congo warlord 'Terminator' killed civilians with machetes, ICC told

Former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda was a dreaded commander whose troops slaughtered civilians with machetes and disemboweled pregnant women, the International Criminal Court (ICC) heard on Tuesday.

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SC resets anew the oral argument on ICC petition to August 28

SC resets anew the oral argument on ICC petition to August 28

The Supreme Court (SC) has rescheduled again the oral argument on the petition that sought to nullify the Duterte administration’s action withdrawing the country’s membership from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

In its advisory, the high court reset the oral argument from August 14 to August 28.

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SC junks plea to allow de Lima to attend oral arguments over PH withdrawal from world court

THE Supreme Court (SC) en banc on Tuesday junked the plea of opposition senators to allow colleague Leila De Lima to appear before the high court and be heard on the petition they filed jointly for the nullification of the Philippine’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). De Lima is detained at the Philippine National […]

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SC asked to let De Lima join oral arguments on PH’s ICC withdrawal

SC asked to let De Lima join oral arguments on PH’s ICC withdrawal

Opposition senators have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to let detained Senator Leila de Lima appear in the tribunal to join the oral arguments on the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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SWS: Most Filipinos find Duterte’s cursing of UN human rights members ‘vulgar’

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged threats and cursing against human rights investigators have offended most Filipinos, according to a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The June 27 to 30 survey on 1,200 repondents said that 64 percent found his statement that he would “feed them to the crocodiles” as “vulgar,” 31 percent said it wasn’t […]

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