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ICC Allows Case Against Duterte to Move Forward

10/23/2025

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Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled the case against Rodrigo Duterte can proceed.
Duterte served as president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
He was arrested in March for alleged drug-related murders.
The defense argued the ICC lacked jurisdiction because the Philippines withdrew from the court in 2019.
A separate motion on Duterte’s fitness for trial is pending, with a medical report due by October.

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Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled the case against Rodrigo Duterte can proceed.
Duterte served as president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
He was arrested in March for alleged drug-related murders.
The defense argued the ICC lacked jurisdiction because the Philippines withdrew from the court in 2019.
A separate motion on Duterte’s fitness for trial is pending, with a medical report due by October.