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Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Malki, center, waits on the steps of the International Criminal Court after answering questions of reporters in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, June 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte . AFP
Philippines’ Duterte Threatens to Follow Russia’s ICC Exit
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to follow in Russia’s footsteps Thursday and withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), incensed at criticism from Western nations of his deadly drug war. Russia formally withdrew its signature to the...Caption:
The International Criminal Court is based in The Hague and was established in 2002 to prosecute war crimes (AFP Photo/Martijn Beekman)
Moscow to Roll Back from ICC Membership, Russian Air Raids Kill 5 Children in Aleppo
Moscow announced on Wednesday its determination to formally withdraw its signature from the founding statute of the International Criminal Court, claiming that the tribunal has failed to live up to hopes of the international community. Russia had signed in 2000 the...Caption:
Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in 2015. CreditPool photo by Peter Dejong
ICC: U.S. Forces May Have Committed War Crimes in Afghanistan
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has said that she had a “reasonable basis to believe” that American soldiers committed war crimes in Afghanistan, including torture. The international prosecutor has been considering whether to begin a full-fledged...Caption:
In this file photo dated Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, a view of court room one where former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo wait the start of the trial at the new premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.AP