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Philippine Bar Association The Philippine Bar Association (PBA) has urged the government to be a party or to accede to 1970 Evidence Convention being administered worldwide by the Hague Conference of Private International Law (HCCH). The PBA said that with the Philippines’ participation in

[PODCAST] Law of Duterte Land: ICC hopes alive in Supreme Court ‘loss’ Jul 23, 2021 12:50 PM PHT Rappler.com The Supreme Court voted 15-0 to dismiss the petitions challenging President Rodrigo Dutertes unilateral withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Its one of those types of decisions – the ruling is to dismiss the petitions, but the reasoning contains a lot for "positive" takeaways. Lawyers call the reasoning just obiter dictum, or an opinion that doesnt have legal wei...