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| The Philippines may withdraw from the International Criminal Court, says President Rodrigo Duterte | The Philippines may withdraw from the International Criminal Court, says President Rodrigo Duterte |
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| Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he might follow Russia's step to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). | Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he might follow Russia's step to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). |
| Mr Duterte called the Court "useless" and railed against the United States and other Western nations, which have accused him of illegal killings as part of his agressive crackdown on drugs. | |
| "They are useless, those in the International Criminal [Court]. They [Russia] withdrew. I might follow," he said in comments ahead of his departure for Lima to attend an Asia-Pacific summit. | |
| Mr Duterte said that if Russia and China were to create a “new order” then the Philippines would be the first to join it. | |
| He also appeared to blame the United Nations for failing to prevent wars all over the world. | |
| Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed an order to withdraw his country's signature from the ICC's founding treaty on Wednesday. | Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed an order to withdraw his country's signature from the ICC's founding treaty on Wednesday. |
| He may have been "emboldened" to do so by the election of Donald Trump, the director of the Centre on Conflict, Rights and Justice at SOAS, University of London has said. | He may have been "emboldened" to do so by the election of Donald Trump, the director of the Centre on Conflict, Rights and Justice at SOAS, University of London has said. |
| “The ICC is holding an event now in the Hague, there have been three African withdrawals and on the heels of that we have the election of a US President who is not going to be supportive,” Dr Leslie Vinjamuri told The Independent. | “The ICC is holding an event now in the Hague, there have been three African withdrawals and on the heels of that we have the election of a US President who is not going to be supportive,” Dr Leslie Vinjamuri told The Independent. |
| “Russia’s a little bit emboldened by the election of Trump.” | “Russia’s a little bit emboldened by the election of Trump.” |
| Mr Duterte is seeking a meeting with Mr Putin in Lima this weekend, which comes as he pursues an independent foreign policy aimed at weaning the Philippines off dependence on longtime ally the United States. | |
| The President, known for his frank statements, speculated that Russia's ICC move might be because of its air strikes in Syria. | |
| “What could be the reason? I really would not know,” he said. “Maybe to protect what they are doing in Syria, the incessant bombing and the killing of civilians.” | |
| The Philippines became a member of the ICC in 2011, but last month the Court's chief prosecutor expressed alarm over Mr Duterte's war on drugs and the more than 2,400 people killed. | |
| Fatou Bensouda said in a statement that the Hague-based tribunal may be able to prosecute the perpetrators of the killings. | |
| Mr Duterte said he was annoyed about the criticism he had received and that “nobody was listening” to his reasons for having the crackdown, including US President Barack Obama. | |
| Additional reporting from Reuters | Additional reporting from Reuters |