Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested on ICC warrant for crimes against humanity
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Errol Mendes (English only)
Full professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law and former Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre.
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Professor Mendes has previously been at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, attached to the Office of the Prosecutor.
“When I was at the Court, the use of the secret arrest warrant was the most controversial but also possibly the most likely to lead to a prosecution. Duterte is the latest example.”
Salvador Herencia (English, Spanish and Portuguese)
Director, Human Rights Clinic of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), and Part-Time Professor, Faculty of Law – Civil Law Section.
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"Duterte’s war on drugs policy has caused widespread human rights violations that may amount to crimes against humanity, and the ICC will push hard to have ongoing investigations/procedures outside Africa, considering the improbability of having the warrants of arrest in Ukraine and Palestine to be fulfilled.
"Duterte’s main defense will the that the ICC lacks jurisdiction as The Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute (under Duterte’s regime) in 2019."