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In applying for arrest warrants for top leaders of Israel and Hamas, Karim Khan of the International Criminal Court has stood up for global justice and international law against the manipulated so-called rules-based order.
Note from 12 Republican senators threatens court’s chief prosecutor, family and associates with sanctions in bid to protect Israeli leaders.
The International Criminal Court has no real function now other than being a tool of the West.
Many countries ignore rulings they do not like, but only the US punishes others for alleged breaches of treaties to which it is not even a party.
- ICC prosecutor has accused five leaders of war crimes in Gaza and in Israel
- A panel of ICC judges will consider whether or not to accept the application
Three former US foreign policy officials in Donald Trump’s administration met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures in Israel.
A civil society group is urging Marcos Jnr to start a social media regulatory board but analysts fear the move could be targeted at silencing critics.
His press secretary insists Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s stance on allowing his predecessor’s arrest hasn’t changed. But a new justice department legal briefing suggests otherwise.
Judges at the International Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled against issuing emergency orders to stop German arms exports to Israel, adding that they remained deeply concerned about conditions in Gaza.
The US and its allies are concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials just as the country is getting closer to a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, potentially jeopardising a deal.
Firebrand ex-leader Rodrigo Duterte says his successor is a ‘crybaby’, with the two trading jibes over drug-use accusations and their opposing South China Sea stances. Will they ever bury the hatchet? ‘It’s complicated’.
ICC launched an inquiry into Duterte’s drug crackdown in September 2021, but suspended it two months later when Manila said it was re-examining cases of drug operations.
The ICC has called for translators in Tagalog and Cebuano, languages involved in the crimes against humanity trial against the ex-Philippine leader.
Japan also hopes to reinforce its reputation as a nation that promotes the rule of law in international disputes and to play a larger role in regional diplomacy, analysts say.
Readers discuss what the global response to the massacre that claimed over 130 lives should be, and cases involving the question of genocide in the recent past.
Chinese diplomat’s comments at ICJ appear to endorse armed struggle against Israel in what analyst calls an ‘unanticipated shift’ in stance, but others deny this marks a radical departure, noting Beijing still favours two-state solution.
Critics fear politicians and businessmen may abuse new, relaxed gun rules, emboldening private armies and militias.
Joseph Kony, the founder and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, is the International Criminal Court’s longest-standing fugitive. An arrest warrant was issued against him in 2005.
Arturo Lascanas said Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio, as Davao mayor in 2012, instructed law enforcement to abduct and bury drug suspects to portray them as kidnapping.
A recent survey indicates Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio is the most favoured potential presidential candidate for the 2028 Philippine election.
Israel has ignored the ruling by the UN’s top court last week by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza, South Africa’s foreign minister said.
President Marcos Jnr said the investigation into the brutal anti-narcotics campaign was a ‘threat’ to Manila’s sovereignty.
The US president says a two-state solution for Palestine is not impossible while Netanyahu is in office, despite recent comments by the Israeli leader.
The International Court of Justice will hold hearings this week on a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza war.
ICC investigators had not contacted the Philippines’ justice department, but it was their ‘duty’ to do so in accordance with international law, Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said.
The Russian president has rarely travelled abroad in recent years, and mostly to states of the former Soviet Union. His last trip beyond those countries was to China in October.
Wrapping up a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Karim Khan said: ‘Credible allegations of crimes during the current conflict should be the subject of timely, independent examination and investigation’.
President Marcos Jnr said Manila’s return to the court was under study but questions over jurisdiction and sovereignty were still ‘problems’ for the country.
Bohdan Yermokhin, 18, was one of thousands of Ukrainian children taken to Russia from occupied regions of Ukraine.
The International Court of Justice also ruled that the country must preserve and prevent the destruction of all evidence relating to torture.
