Philippines' Duterte threatens to copy Russia ICC exit
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers a speech, prior to his departure for the APEC summit in Peru, at Davo airport, in southern island of Mindanao on November 17, 2016. Duterte threatened on November 17 to do a Russia and pull his country out of the International Criminal Court, incensed at foreign criticism of alleged extrajudicial killings in his deadly drug war. Russia on November 16 formally withdrew its signature to the ICC’s founding Rome Statute, calling the tribunal’s work “one-sided and inefficient”. PHOTO|AFP
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Russia formally withdrew its signature to the ICC's founding Rome Statute on Wednesday, calling the tribunal's work "one-sided and inefficient".
Speaking in his home town of Davao city in the southern Philippines shortly before flying to Peru for a regional summit, Duterte said: "They (Russians) may have thought the International Criminal Court is (useless), so they withdrew their membership."
