ICC prosecutor opposes bid to disqualify 2 judges in Duterte case

ICC prosecution, judges reject Duterte camp’s DQ bid

The Prosecution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and ICC judges Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou and María del Socorro Flores Liera sought the dismissal of the disqualification request filed by the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte against the two judges.**media[15082]**Former president Rodrigo Duterte at his initial appearance hearing via video link on Friday, March 14, 2025, at the International Criminal Court in Th…

ICC judges deny bias

Maintaining there are no grounds to doubt their impartiality, two judges of the International Criminal Court have sought the dismissal of the disqualification bid filed against them by the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte.

Pulse Asia: 58% disagree with Duterte's arrest to face ICC

Fifty-eight percent said they disagreed with the arrest (25% somewhat disagree, 33% strongly disagree) while 26% agreed (10% strongly agree, 16% somewhat agree).

ICC prosecutor opposes bid to disqualify 2 judges in Duterte case

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has opposed an attempt by former President Rodrigo Duterte’s legal team to disqualify two judges from his crimes against humanity case. The issue stemmed from a request by Duterte’s lead counsel, Nicholas Kaufman, to disqualify Pre-Trial Chamber I Judges Reine Alapini-Gansou and María del Socorro Flores Liera, alleging that they had already taken a stanc…

Palace to Bato: Prove threats by ICC

(UPDATE) MALACAÑANG pressed Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa to prove his claims that investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) are in the country and are forcing retired police officials to implicate him and former president Rodrigo Duterte in the previous administration's war on drugs. Dela Rosa last week said his former colleagues in the Philippine National Police (PNP) were being forced to sign an affidavit against them, or they would b…

The email that went around the world…

… and prompted the uprecendented ousting of Danish Judge Frederik Harhoff from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. His personal letter and subsequent dismissal are still a matter of controversy that raise the question of whether international humanitarian law can be properly enforced if generals cannot be convicted for crimes committed, with their knowledge, by their subordinates. For the first time, Harhoff gives his …