The president has said he would never cooperate with an ICC probe, claiming the tribunal has no jurisdiction over the Southeast Asian country | Precise location You can select ' Manage settings' for more information and to manage your choices |
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"We are ready for the long haul," he told AFP | "This will keep Duterte awake from now on," said former senator and vocal critic Antonio Trillanes, who was one of the petitioners |
Story continues Olalia said he was confident there was enough evidence to prosecute Duterte, but it would take time.
The Philippines' top judges have ruled the International Criminal Court can prosecute "government actors" for alleged crimes committed before the country withdrew from the tribunal -- contradicting President Rodrigo Duterte's assertion it has no jurisdiction | politicians including Joe Biden last year has been jailed pending an extradition hearing, a court source said |
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Saab, a Colombian national, is currently detained in Cape Verde facing extradition to the United States, which accuses him of helping Maduro's government skirt U | Paulo that the defense minister communicated to the speaker of the lower house that next year's scheduled presidential election would not take place without printed ballots |
His daughter, Sara, is widely expected to contest the top job and, if she were to win, could help protect her father from criminal charges.
28London accuses Brussels of being too purist, or legalistic, in interpreting what the deal means for some goods moving from Britain to its province of Northern Ireland | Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address• Your personal data that may be used• But the full bench of the Supreme Court disagreed, ruling the ICC "retains jurisdiction over any and all acts committed by government actors until March 17, 2019" -- overlapping the first three years of Duterte's presidency and drug war |
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"This is good," said Edre Olalia, president of the National Union of People's Lawyers, which is representing some of the relatives of drug war victims in the case filed with the ICC | Joseph James O'Connor appeared at Spain's High Court via videolink from the southern town of Estepona where he was detained on Wednesday |
The report, which cited anonymous sources and which Reuters was unable to independently verify, comes after repeated public allegations by President Jair Bolsonaro that Brazil's electronic voting system is vulnerable to fraud.