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Philippines to withdraw from International Criminal Court
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday announced that he will immediately pull the Philippines out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In a 15 page letter to the media, Duterte declared that the Philippines will immediately withdraw its r (More) |
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Phillippine government asks Supreme Court to expel chief justice
Legal counsel for the Philippine government asked the Supreme Court on Monday to remove Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno over allegations that she did not properly declare her assets. The move is the latest against Justice Sereno, who last year (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 10 February 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Ireland formally ruled in a unanimous decision on Friday that the complete employment ban on asylum seekers was unconstitutional. UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid (More) |
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ICC to probe possible human rights violations in the Philippines
International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Thursday announced her decision to open a preliminary examination into allegations of human rights violations committed in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Dut (More) |
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Prosecuting President Duterte
JURIST Guest Columnist Perfecto Caparas of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law discusses how Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could face prosecution under international law... In the face of charges of ordering and condonin (More) |
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Philippines lower house drastically cuts human rights budget
The House of Representatives of the Philippines on Tuesday voted 119-32 to cut the annual budget of the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) down to 1,000 pesos, equivalent to USD $20. CHR originally requested a budget of 1.72 billion pesos for 2018, (More) |
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UN: Philippines must address human rights violations
A group of UN experts for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged the government of the Philippines on Monday to address reports of human rights violations that include threats against indigenous people, murder and the su (More) |
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Philippines president promises escalating war on drugs despite international human rights concerns
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte promised Monday to continue to escalate the war on drugs in his country despite international concern over human rights violations. The war on drugs, which has been a staple aspect of his presidency and his pub (More) |
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Philippines president asks congress to extend martial law until end of year
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte asked Congress on Tuesday to extend his order of martial law for the lower third of the country. Duterte declared martial law on the island of Mindanao in May when heavily armed militants linked to the Islamic (More) |
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Former Philippines president Benigno Aquino III to be charged for fumbled anti-terror raid
The Philippines Office of the Ombudsman announced plans to charge former Philippines president Benigno Aquino III on Friday for the botched "anti-terror" raid that led to what is known as the Mamasapano massacre in 2015. The raid left 44 Special A (More) |
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery
On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.
