Philippines Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Duterte's ICC withdrawal

Duterte in March 2018 cancelled the Philippines' membership of the ICC's founding treaty just weeks after the ICC's prosecutor announced a preliminary examination was underway into thousands of killings in his war on drugs, which he said was prejudiced against him. - Reuters

MANILA, March 16 (Reuters): The Philippine Supreme Court has thrown out a petition that sought to invalidate President Rodrigo Duterte's unilateral withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, which has been examining allegations of atrocities in his bloody war on drugs.

Duterte in March 2018 cancelled the Philippines' membership of the ICC's founding treaty just weeks after the ICC's prosecutor announced a preliminary examination was underway into thousands of killings in his war on drugs, which he said was prejudiced against him.