The Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) endorsed two specific professionals from a new shortlist of neuropsychology experts who will determine former president Rodrigo Duterte’s fitness to stand trial. OPCV Principal Counsel Paolina Massidda, in a...
The defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte has submitted a new batch of evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in connection with the ongoing crimes against humanity case arising from his administration’s war on drugs. In a filing dated Nov. 5, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I...
Stressing that the ruling on former president Rodrigo Duterte 's bid for interim release was "reasonable and correct," the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has called on the Appeals Chamber to affirm the ruling. In a 20-page redacted document dated Oct. 31,...
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte, the Office of the Prosecutor, and the Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) to submit public redacted versions of their filings before the international court. In a...
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte has asked the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reverse its pre-trial chamber’s ruling that affirmed the Court’s jurisdiction on the former leader’s crimes against humanity of murder case. In a four-page petition signed...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling that affirmed the Court’s jurisdiction on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity case will pave the way for the eventual arrest of his co-perpetrators in the alleged extrajudicial killings during his administration’s war on...
The defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte will appeal the latest decision of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) pre-trial chamber that affirmed its jurisdiction on the former leader’s crimes against humanity case. Nicholas Kaufman, Duterte’s lead counsel, told NewsWatch Plus...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected a bid by former president Rodrigo Duterte to challenge the tribunal’s jurisdiction over crimes linked to his administration’s bloody war on drugs, clearing the way for proceedings against him to move forward. In a 32-page decision released...
The charges of crimes against humanity against former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte will not be outright dismissed, and he will still remain under the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) even if he is found to be unfit to stand trial. This was the legal opinion of ICC-registered...
The pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered a medical examination on detained former president Rodrigo Duterte to determine his fitness to stand trial for the charges of crimes against humanity of murder. In a nine-page document dated Oct. 16 and signed by PTC I...
The removal of International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan from the case of former president Rodrigo Duterte will have “no impact” on the current and future proceedings, the ICC spokesperson and the Office of the Prosecutor said. In separate statements, ICC spokesperson Fadi...
Vice President Sara Duterte urged the Marcos administration not to be “selective” in its corruption probe, pointing out that it should investigate corruption issues from all past administrations and not just that of her father’s. In a media interview in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, Oct. 15,...
