THE Philippines has given official notice to the United Nations that it will exit the treaty underpinning the International Criminal Court, which is looking into President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war, the government said on Friday.

The move came two days after Duterte announced the Philippines would quit the court over its preliminary inquiry launched last month into allegations his bloody crackdown on narcotics amounted to crimes against humanity.

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