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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1764561340848composites 2 (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Former president Rodrigo Duterte and lawyer Kristina Conti. <em>Handout/Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — International Criminal Court (ICC) judges cannot be bribed, an ICC assistant to counsel said Monday, noting that the practice is &quot;taboo&quot; and could be detrimental to the justices themselves.</p><p>Kristina Conti, assistant to counsel at the ICC, defended the international court <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">against allegations of corruption after <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/28/duterte-supporters-saddened-by-icc-decision-2215" target="_blank">supporters of Rodrigo Duterte</a> accused the tribunal on the court&#x27;s social media pages</span> of accepting money to rule against the former president.</p><p>Detained for nearly nine months now for alleged crimes against humanity tied to his drug war, Duterte lost his appeal for a conditional release on Friday.</p><p>&quot;Hindi po mababayaran yung ICC dahil malaking kasalanan para sa kanila yan, ang mabayaran, maimpluwensiyahan o maski mabulungan nga lang eh,&quot; Conti told ANC.</p><p>&quot;Hindi po uso sa — katulad sa atin pakibulungan naman… Doon po malaking kasalanan at talagang may assurance ako from a former judge of the ICC itself that it is a boo-boo, it is taboo,&quot; she said.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/28/icc-chamber-rejects-duterte-s-appeal-for-interim-release-1817">ICC appeals chamber rejects Duterte&#x27;s interim release bid</a></div><p>Duterte&#x27;s defense team could use any whiff of allegation to file a petition to disqualify a judge accused of accepting bribes, Conti noted.</p><p>&quot;Kaya po sa mga nagsasabi niyan huwag po basta-basta magsabi niyan kung walang basehan.&quot;</p><p>This is not the first time that Duterte supporters have attacked the ICC.</p><p>In March, following the former president&#x27;s arrest and transfer to The Hague in the Netherlands, some supporters of Duterte, on an ICC judge&#x27;s Facebook page, called for a &quot;fair judgment&quot; for him, while others accused the judge of bringing &quot;chaos&quot; to the Philippines.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/18/duterte-risks-facing-more-charges-due-to-his-supporters-behavior-on-social-media-1414">Duterte may face more trouble after supporters spam ICC judge&#x27;s social media, says lawyer</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>WATCH:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/33-Bh3f9794?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>International Criminal Court judges cannot be bribed, an ICC assistant to counsel said Monday, noting that the practice is "taboo" and could be detrimental to the justices themselves.</p>

International Criminal Court judges cannot be bribed, an ICC assistant to counsel said Monday, noting that the practice is "taboo" and could be detrimental to the justices themselves.

'Hindi mababayaran ang ICC,' lawyer says after Duterte loses appeal

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'Hindi mababayaran ang ICC,' lawyer says after Duterte loses appeal

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published December 01, 2025 12:25 PM PHT

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