The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte renewed its bid for his interim release from International Criminal Court (ICC) custody, filing a submission dated Feb. 5, 2026, just weeks before the scheduled confirmation of charges hearing later this month. In the filing before Pre-Trial Chamber I,...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte doesn 't want to replace his legal counsel, Nicholas Kaufman, despite the back-to-back losses in appeals they have filed related to his case at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Instead, Duterte told him to do something, according to his daughter, Vice...
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte will appeal the International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber 1 's ruling that he is fit to stand trial, arguing that the former leader was denied due process. Lawyer Nicholas Kaufman, Duterte 's lead counsel, expressed disappointment...
It appeared that the defense team and family of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte are presenting differing accounts of his health as the International Criminal Court (ICC) reviews his continued detention. In a filing dated Jan. 9 before the ICC, defense counsel Nicholas Kaufman told...
Nicholas Kaufman, former president Rodrigo Duterte’s lead counsel, admitted that the ex-leader might have to spend Christmas alone in detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. In an interview with GMA News, the lawyer said Christmas Day and Boxing Day in the Netherlands...
Nicholas Kaufman, former president Rodrigo Duterte’s lead counsel, denied reports that the ex-leader was found unconscious inside his room in the detention facility of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. “I would like to state, in no uncertain terms, that the...
International Criminal Court (ICC) defense lawyer Nicholas Kaufman dismissed as “fictional” the reported issuance of an arrest warrant against Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa by the High Court, calling the claim “a figment of Ombudsman Remulla’s fertile imagination.” Kaufman, who is...
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...
Prosecutors from the International Criminal Court (ICC) have recommended the appointment of three medical specialists to examine former president Rodrigo Duterte’s mental and physical fitness to stand trial for alleged crimes against humanity over his administration’s bloody war on drugs. In a...
The defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) new medical records of the former leader allegedly showing his “cognitive impairment.” The five-page document signed by Duterte’s lead counsel Nicholas Kaufman on Monday, Sept. 29,...
Malacañang denied that the Marcos administration had taken a position on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s request for interim release from the International Criminal Court (ICC), after his lawyer cited Palace remarks in a filing before the tribunal. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro...
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte has informed the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that the Philippine government has no objection to the possibility of the former chief executive’s interim release to a third country. In a filing on Friday, Sept. 26,...
