DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte criticized the International Criminal Court for their selective prosecution and political bias in handling international cases. In a statement, Duterte said ICC has become “a lapdog of the powerful,” allegedly influenced by the United...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor said it can no longer investigate any “killings” committed under the current Marcos administration following former president Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute. Senior Trial Lawyer Julian Nicholls of...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte is the most responsible individual in the killings of thousands of victims during the war on drugs for ordering the operations as the commander-in-chief at that time. On the last day of the confirmation of charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday,...
Defense counsel Nicholas Kaufman on Friday challenged the prosecution’s claim that children were among the victims in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, arguing that only one minor — Kian delos Santos — has been substantiated in the 49 incidents cited before the court. Speaking on...
In an attempt to prove that the exit of former president Rodrigo Duterte from power did not stop the killings, defense counsel Nicholas Kaufman argued that deaths at the hands of state agents continued under the Marcos administration. During the third day of the confirmation of charges hearing at...
Malacañang has brushed aside an invitation from former president Rodrigo Duterte’s lawyer to discuss the latter’s interim release, saying any visit to the Philippines should be for tourism, not legal negotiations. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro made the...
The broadcast of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s defense team 's presentation at the International Criminal Court (ICC) had been cut multiple times on Thursday, just as judge Iulia Motoc noted public identification of victims and witnesses during the hearing. Those tuning in to the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte 's defense team has questioned the prosecution 's reliance on self-confessed murderers as its star witnesses in the crimes against humanity charges the former leader is facing, arguing that their testimonies lack credibility as the statements cannot even...
Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte accused International Criminal Court prosecutors of incompetence and using recycled and distorted materials in their investigation of former President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement on Thursday, Feb. 26, Rep. Duterte claimed that the evidence presented...
A selection of comments made by the identified co-perpetrators of former president Rodrigo Duterte and their sharing of the same "rhetorical cue" proves nothing about the alleged collusion to commit a common criminal plan through Duterte 's bloody war on drugs, his defense team said. Duterte...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s defense team told judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that there is “no smoking gun” linking him directly to any of the killings cited in the prosecution’s charges. During the third day of the confirmation of charges hearing on Thursday, Feb....
Vice President Sara Duterte said Thursday, Feb. 26, that the supposed confession of individuals claiming to be former Marines that they delivered millions to investigators of the International Criminal Court (ICC) only proved the presence of a foreign court in the country and its intrusion into...
