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International Criminal Court (ICC)
ICC Rejects Philippines’ Final Appeal Against ‘Drug War’ Investigation
By Sebastian Strangio
The ruling opens the way to an investigation of extrajudicial killings, but trials of Philippine officials remain a remote prospect.
Does the World Care About Crimes Against Humanity in Asia?
By Philip Smucker
The ICC's decision to take action against Russia's Putin is in glaring contrast to its slow or non-existent response to myriad war crimes in Asia, from the wars in Vietnam to Afghanistan to Myanmar today.
Would India Have to Arrest Putin?
By Aakash Chandran
Assessing the consequences of the ICC’s arrest warrant against the Russian president, should he attend the G-20 summit in India later this year.
ICC Asked to Expand Investigations After Further Massacres in Myanmar
By Luke Hunt
Victims were reportedly decapitated, amputated, and disemboweled in a grisly incident in Sagaing Region.
Philippines Refuses to Cooperate With ‘Unacceptable’ ICC Drug War Investigation
By Sebastian Strangio
Last week, the International Criminal Court ordered the restarting of its investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte's violent "war on drugs."
ICC Judges Approve Request to Reopen Afghanistan Probe
By Mike Corder
The court, in reopening the probe, said that authorities in Kabul have not carried out meaningful in investigations into alleged war crimes.
Philippines Requests ICC to Halt Drug War Investigation
By Sebastian Strangio
Manila has repeated its claim that The Hague-based court has no jurisdiction over anti-drug killings committed under President Rodrigo Duterte.
The ICC Must Engage With Myanmar’s Democratic Government and Hold the Junta to Account
By John Dugard, Chris Gunness, Tommy Thomas, Yuyun Wahyuningrum, and Ralph Wilde
There is no way the people of Myanmar will find justice in national courts. The international community must act.
Philippines Will Not Rejoin International Criminal Court, Marcos Says
By Sebastian Strangio
The announcement came after the Hague-based ICC sought to restart its investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs."
The Search for Justice in Afghanistan
By Shivangi Seth
As Afghanistan enters another era of humanitarian crisis, the ICC remains encumbered by its institutional limitations and geopolitical realities.
An Urgent Need for Justice: Expediting the International Criminal Court’s Afghanistan Investigation
By Mahir Hazim
Given the Taliban’s atrocities, past and present, there’s an urgent need for the ICC to move more quickly in the pursuit of justice.
Duterte Says He Will ‘Never Apologize’ for Drug War Deaths
By Sebastian Strangio
The Philippine leader's war on narcotics is perhaps the only policy that he has carried through consistently since his election in 2016.
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