ICC Releases Charges Detailing Alleged Systematic Killings Linked to Duterte Drug War

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The International Criminal Court has formally released a 16-page “Document Containing the Charges” outlining allegations of crimes against humanity connected to former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign. The report presents detailed accusations that the controversial war on drugs followed what prosecutors describe as a coordinated and long-running “common plan” targeting suspected drug offenders between … Read more

ICC Upholds Detention of Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

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The International Criminal Court (ICC), through its Pre-Trial Chamber I, has upheld the continued pre-trial detention of former Philippine president Rodrigo Roa Duterte following its mandatory review under Article 60(3) of the Rome Statute. The Chamber ruled that there are reasonable grounds to believe Duterte committed crimes against humanity, specifically murder, and found no new … Read more

ICC Allows Delay in Revealing Witnesses in Duterte Case

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber 1 has approved a request by the Office of the Prosecutor to extend the deadline for submitting key documents in the crimes against humanity case against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. In a five-page decision signed by Presiding Judge Iulia Motoc and Judges Reine Alapini-Gansou and Maria del … Read more