The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I (PTC I) postponed the confirmation of charges hearing of former president Rodrigo Duterte initially set for Sept. 23 to 26. The announcement was made via a five-page document dated Sept. 8 and signed by Presiding Judge Iulia Antoanella...
With the confirmation of charges hearing for former president Rodrigo Duterte set two weeks from now, his defense team said that it is ready to present its counter-evidence before the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I. In a document dated Sept. 2, lead counsel Nicholas...
Victims in the International Criminal Court (ICC) proceedings against former president Rodrigo Duterte have urged judges to keep him in detention, warning that his release could endanger their safety and undermine the trial. In a redacted public filing submitted by the Office of Public Counsel for...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte and son, acting Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II, arrived at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, to visit former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. While Vice Mayor Duterte could not enter the...
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) detention unit has barred the visitors of former president Rodrigo Duterte from providing the public updates about the situation inside the facility. Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, Sept. 1, that she’s now only allowed to confirm that her...
The confirmation of charges hearing for former president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands will run for four days—from Sept. 23 to 26. Information found on the ICC’s website showed that the former chief...
DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte urged supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte to gather at The Hague on Sept. 23 for his confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court. Mayor Duterte said the gathering would show the strength and unity of the...
Vice President Sara Duterte will be in Japan next month for a gathering organized by the Filipino community there. In an interview in The Hague, Netherlands, the Vice President confirmed her next schedule with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who she has been meeting with in the past several...
The four Duterte siblings—Sara, Paolo, Sebastian, and Veronica—have visited their farther, former president Rodrigo Duterte, in the detention facility in The Hague, Netherlands after an earlier request from the Duterte patriarch to see his children together. This was confirmed by Vice...
With the confirmation of charges hearing on ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity charges scheduled for Sept. 23 at the International Criminal Court (ICC), there is much buzz about what can be expected during and after this critical pre-trial phase. Atty. Nicholas Kaufman, the...
DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte raised concerns over what he described as the inhumane treatment of his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, who remains in the International Criminal Court detention facility at the age of 80. “He is 80-years-old, yet this is how the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s lead counsel Nicholas Kaufman is seeking an audience with the Marcos administration to negotiate the return of the ex-chief executive to the Philippines. Kaufman, Duterte’s lawyer in his crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court...
