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President Rodrigo Duterte attends a Senate hearing, October 28, 2024. Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau/File

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Harlene Delgado

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174192967652120241028-senate-probe-duterte-SPRIB-7.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Rodrigo Duterte attends a Senate hearing, October 28, 2024. Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau/File   </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The government is mandated to ensure that former President Rodrigo Duterte gets a fair trial in the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in his drug war, Malacanang said Friday.</p><p>Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said that while the government no longer had responsibility on Duterte following the transfer of his custody, the law mandates that all Filipinos get fair trial in international courts.</p><p>&quot;Wala na pong kamay or responsibilidad ang gobyerno kay dating Pangulong Duterte,” Castro said in a press briefing.</p><p>“Pero base po sa RA 9851, bilang Pilipino hindi lang dahil dating pangulo si dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, kailanganin din po natin na ang gobyerno na mai-sure po, masigurado natin na nagkakaroon po ng fair trial lalung-lao na po Pilipino po ang dating pangulong Duterte,&quot; she said, referring to the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity.</p><p>The official noted that the Philippine government was no longer obliged to extend assistance to Duterte and even to the complainants.</p><p>The Marcos administration would have turned over Duterte to the ICC even without the fallout between their families, Castro added. </p><p>&quot;Of course, we will just abide by the law,&quot; she said in a chance interview after her press briefing. </p><p>&quot;Kung anuman po ang naging kasunduan with the Interpol, kahit sino pa po yan, meron pang Uniteam, walang Uniteam, it will be the same. Hindi po tayo pwedeng magkaroon ng special treatment dahil lang may friendship,&quot; she added.</p><p>Castro said the government would continue to help the Interpol should it seek assistance again in serving more arrest warrants from the ICC. </p><p>Duterte is now at the ICC detention center in Scheveningen, The Hague in the Netherlands.</p><p><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/13/former-philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-to-appear-before-icc-on-march-14-1507">Duterte&#x27;s first appearance at the International Criminal Court </a>has been set for Friday.</p><p>At the initial hearing, a suspect can request interim release pending a trial, according to ICC rules.</p><p>Following that first hearing, the next phase is a session to confirm the charges, at which point a suspect can challenge the prosecutor&#x27;s evidence.</p><p>Only after that hearing will the court decide whether to press ahead with a trial, a process that could take several months or even years. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/14/duterte-case-seen-as-a-gift-for-embattled-icc-0824">Duterte case seen as a &#x27;gift&#x27; for embattled ICC</a></div><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse </strong></div>

<p>The government is mandated to ensure that former President Rodrigo Duterte gets a fair trial in the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in his drug war, Malacanang said Friday.</p>

The government is mandated to ensure that former President Rodrigo Duterte gets a fair trial in the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in his drug war, Malacanang said Friday.

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Philippines to ensure Duterte gets fair trial at ICC: Palace

Harlene Delgado,

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Published March 14, 2025 01:24 PM PHT

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Updated March 14, 2025 02:34 PM PHT

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