(G.R. No. 257401, 28 March 2023), the Supreme Court En Banc explained that Congress’ powers of contempt and arrest are ...

Human rights lawyer Kristina Conti pushed back against Vice President Sara Duterte’s assertion that the International ...

The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said any claims “beyond the geographic and substantive limits of UNCLOS-provided maritime entitlements are without legal effect.” UNCLOS refers to the ...

It added that self-deportation or the voluntary return to the Philippines is an option available to Filipinos without legal status in Guam or CNMI. “They are free to return to the Philippines ...

In its preliminary report, the committee said the Philippines had no legal obligation to arrest Duterte and turn him over to ...

Doel-Mackaway is also the current course convener of Age and the Law, another subject where an acknowledgment of country is mandated and assessed, with threat of a fail mark if not done in the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Former President Rodrigo Duterte, who was arrested on Tuesday under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his crimes against humanity case, has been ...

(Manila) – The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is a historic step toward justice, Human Rights Watch ...

plans to file a habeas corpus request with the Philippine Supreme Court to compel the government to bring him back, Salvador Panelo, his former chief legal counsel, said. The war on drugs was the ...

A plane carrying former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court to face charges over his bloody "war on drugs" took off for Rotterdam on Wednesday, after being ...

Former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the Philippine government on Tuesday after it said it received an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity.

This means that even though the country officially left the ICC in 2019, the case can still move forward because the investigation began while the Philippines was still a member. The legal process ...