Exterior of the Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. —Related Press Photograph/Peter Dejong, File
MANILA, Philippines —Former President Rodrigo Duterte is now within the custody of the Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC), following his arrest on a warrant accusing him of crimes in opposition to humanity over the bloody warfare in opposition to medicine that his administration oversaw.
The ICC itself confirmed taking custody of Duterte in a pronouncement made after the previous president landed on the Rotterdam The Hague airport at round 4:55 p.m. (11:55 p.m. Philippine time) on a chartered aircraft.
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“Mr Rodrigo Roa Duterte… was surrendered to the custody of the Worldwide Prison Court docket,” the ICC mentioned in an announcement.
“He was arrested by the authorities of the Republic of the Philippines in accordance with an arrest warrant issued by Pre-Trial Chamber I for fees of homicide as a criminal offense in opposition to humanity,” it added.
In response to the ICC, it was on Feb. 10, 2025 when the ICC Workplace of the Prosecutor utilized for an arrest warrant in opposition to Duterte for the crimes in opposition to humanity of homicide, torture and rape.
The Pre-Trial Chamber I, composed of Presiding Decide Iulia Antoanella Motoc and Judges Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou and María del Socorro Flores Liera then issued the warrant on Friday, March 7.
Underneath the warrant, the Chamber cited affordable grounds in implicating Duterte as an oblique co-perpetrator for the crime in opposition to humanity of homicide, allegedly dedicated within the Philippines between Nov. 1, 2011 and March 16, 2019.
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What’s subsequent?
In response to the ICC in the identical assertion, upon the previous president’s arrival, a listening to might be scheduled after Duterte’s preliminary look earlier than the Court docket.
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“Throughout this listening to, the Chamber will affirm the identification of the suspect and the language wherein Mr Duterte is ready to observe the proceedings,” the ICC mentioned.
“The Chamber will even fulfill itself that Mr Duterte has been knowledgeable of the crime which he’s alleged to have dedicated, and of his rights underneath the Rome Statute, which is the Court docket’s founding treaty,” it added.
ICC Registrar Osvaldo Zavala Giler then expressed due to Philippine authorities for “upholding worldwide accountability mechanisms.”
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It was solely on Tuesday, March 7 when Duterte was arrested and despatched to The Hague. His notorious warfare in opposition to medicine left not less than 6,000 folks lifeless, with human rights teams reporting not less than 20,000.
