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Rodrigo Duterte

The former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, appears before the International Criminal Court (ICC) by videoconference. Photo: in the foreground, Duterte's lawyer, in the background, Duterte himself projected onto a video screen.
Duterte’s arrest: the ICC Prosecutor’s performative paradox
25 March 2025 by Lucy Gaynor
Now that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in the box before the International Criminal Court, academic Lucy Gaynor explains the paradox of this apparent performance for a Court in trouble.
International Criminal Court (ICC) - Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared sleepy, on March 14, at the opening of the crimes against humanity hearing over his deadly crackdown on narcotics. Duterte follows ICC hearing over drug war case via videolink
14 March 2025 by AFP
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte failed to attend in person an initial hearing at the International Criminal Court on Friday, as he faces crimes against humanity charges over his deadly crackdown on narcotics. The 79-ye [...]
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila following an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Duterte is sworn in during a Senate enquiry into the war on drugs waged under his administration, in Manila, on 28 October 2024. The ICC has got Duterte, what will the Philippines get?
13 March 2025 by Tom Smith
On March 12, former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was handed over to the International Criminal Court. His arrest comes in the context of a pro-West seduction campaign, from which Manila expects protection from China, expl [...]
Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, has been arrested in Manila following the issue of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Duterte delivers a speech in August 2018. Philippine: Duterte arrested under ICC warrant
11 March 2025 by AFP
In the Philippines, the political battle between the two dynasties that rule the country, the Marcos and Duterte families, seems to be turning in favor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The former president Rodrigo Dutert [...]
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11 April 2018 by Oliver Slow/ Frontier
Myanmar and the Southeast Asian press squeeze Across Southeast Asia – but especially Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines – journalists are facing arrest, intimidation and violence. On the afternoon of December 12 in Myanmar, Ma Pan Ei Mon asked her husband, Reuters journali [...]
22 March 2018 by Stéphanie Maupas,correspondent in The Hague
As Philippines withdraws, “quality justice” is best shield for ICC After Burundi in 2016, the Philippines decided this March 16 to pull out of the Rome Treaty which created the International Criminal Court (ICC). In both cases, the decision followed announcements by the ICC Prosecutor that she wa [...]
19 March 2018 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Philippines to quit the ICC, while populism undermines the West At the International Criminal Court (ICC), registrar Herman Von Hebel this week announced that he is withdrawing his candidacy for a new five-year mandate. Von Hebel of the Netherlands had been severely criticized for his financia [...]
14 March 2018 by AFP
Philippines moves to quit ICC: What does it mean? Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced Wednesday a move towards quitting the International Criminal Court, which has launched a preliminary examination of his deadly drug war. Here are five questions and answers on what it [...]
8 February 2018 by AFP
ICC probing alleged crimes in Philippines, Venezuela The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court on Thursday unveiled new probes focusing on the deadly war on drugs in the Philippines and alleged abuses during Venezuela's political unrest. The unprecedented decision to launch [...]
10 July 2017 by Tom Smith
Rodrigo Duterte’s first year: a human rights disaster the world prefers to ignore Rodrigo Duterte’s first year as president of the Philippines should never be forgotten – for all the wrong reasons. For those directly affected by his brutal and lawless “war on drugs”, which has claimed the lives of thousands of [...]