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Philippine Star
Kristine Joy Patag – Philstar.com November 8, 2021 | 3:12pm MANILA, Philippines (Updated 3:23 p.m.) — Less than a week before elections to the panel, more than 150 lawyers raised their objection to the nomination of presidential spokesperson Harry Roque to the International Law Commission. A total of 152 lawyers wrote to nearly 200 Permanent Missions and Member States at the United Nations General Assembly to register their “vehement objection” to Roque’s candidacy for the international law panel. Among the notable signatories of the letter is detained Sen, Leila de Lima, a fierce critic of Pr…