The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the executive department to respond to the petition filed by opposition senators seeking to declare the Philippine government’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as ineffective. The high court set the oral argument on the petition on July 24. The Philippine government has already notified the United Nations that it is withdrawing from the ICC last March 17. Moreover, notifying the UN of the country’s withdrawal without concurrence of at least two-thirds of the Senate can be considered grave abuse of discretion. /eeADVERTISEMENTREAD: Opposition senators ask SC to declare PH withdrawal from ICC ‘ineffective’

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 05, 2018 07:30 UTC