ICC Schedules Confirmation Hearing for Ex-Philippine President Duterte
The four-day proceeding will also include the annual review of Duterte’s detention, a procedural step to determine whether he is fit to participate in court while in custody. Judges will examine whether there are substantial grounds to believe Duterte committed crimes against humanity related to killings during his anti-drug campaign as mayor of Davao City and later as president from 2016 to 2022.
The hearing is set to start at 10 a.m. local time with the formal reading of the charges and initial observations from the involved parties. The common legal representative of victims and Duterte’s defense team will then present their positions and respond to the charges, followed by submissions from prosecutors on the merits of the case in the afternoon session.
Duterte’s defense is led by British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman, with French lawyer Dov Jacobs serving as associate counsel. The prosecution is headed by ICC Deputy Prosecutor Mandiaye Niang, a former international judge and UN official.
Duterte, 80, will not attend the hearing either in person or online after waiving his right to be present, citing both his rejection of the ICC’s jurisdiction and health concerns. He has been held at the ICC detention facility in The Hague since last March and faces three counts of crimes against humanity connected to deaths linked to his anti-drug campaign between 2011 and 2019.
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