Malacañang questioned Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that Filipinos remain angry over the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte and his detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. In a press briefing, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte called the continued detention of her father, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as unjust. The Vice President attended Mass on Wednesday afternoon, March 11, at San Pedro Cathedral here praying for the...
Vice President Sara Duterte said Wednesday, March 11, that it is not only Davaoeños but also the entire Filipino people who are "angry" at the supposed kidnapping of her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is now in detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC). She said it...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, March 11, commemorated what she called the first anniversary of an event that trampled on Philippine democracy and the principle of due process and rule of law. Duterte was referring to what she alleged as the "extraordinary rendition or kidnapping" of her...
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has upheld an earlier ruling keeping former president Rodrigo Duterte in detention, rejecting the appeal filed by his defense team. In a judgment issued March 6, the Appeals Chamber confirmed the Jan. 26 decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte criticized the proceedings of the International Criminal Court against his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, saying Western countries are using the tribunal as a political tool against developing nations. Speaking to supporters outside the...
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...
