Update on the ICC Case vs. Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte amid Detention in The Hague
RODRIGO DUTERTE CASE – The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor submitted the 11th batch of evidence against the former President.
Duterte is detained under the custody of the ICC for more than 100 days now. It was last March 11 when the former President was arrested by the Philippine authorities who assisted the International Criminal Police Organization or Interpol.
On the same day of his arrest, the former President was detained for several hours at Villamor Air Base before he was flown to The Hague, Netherlands via Dubai where he is currently detained. He is faced with an accusation of crimes against humanity over his war on drugs.
The camp of former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte asserts that the ICC has no jurisdiction over the Philippines which is not anymore its member. The former President withdrew the country from the ICC membership in 2019 as the a probe on his anti-drugs campaign did not sit well with him.
However, the International Criminal Court has previously claimed that there are accusations against the former President of alleged crimes when the Philippines was still a participating member. Recently, the ICC prosecutor submitted another batch of evidence against the former President.
Based on a report on GMA News, the ICC prosecutor submitted the 11th batch of evidence against former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. The document was dated July 1 and over a thousand pieces of new evidence were submitted to the defense team of the former Chief Executive.
The submission of the pieces of evidence is in line with the rules and procedure of the ICC. Based on the report, among the new pieces of evidence against former Pres. Duterte were the alleged killings when he was still the mayor of Davao City.
The former President has held the mayoralty position in Davao City for several years before he won the presidential race in 2016 through a landslide victory. His winning has undeniably expanded the number of Duterte supporters in the country.
In the 2025 Midterm Elections, the former President won mayor in Davao City. However, he has yet to take his oath. The Commission on Elections or Comelec recently said that Duterte’s fate as the winning mayor of Davao is already up to the DILG or the Department of Interior and Local Government.