NOVEMBER 2016 | International Law Alerts | International Criminal Law

Russia dealt the International Criminal Court a fresh blow Wednesday as the court’s top officials urged nations to support the tribunal hit by a wave of unprecedented defections.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to follow in Russia’s footsteps Thursday and pull his country out of the International Criminal Court, incensed at foreign criticism of his deadly drug war

The Philippines may be better off splitting from the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the tribunal interferes with the government’s bloody war on drugs, the country’s top diplomat said here on Thursday.