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Former president Rodrigo Duterte appears for the first time before the ICC judges on March 14 , 2025. International Criminal Court

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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/1744080527226Screen Shot 2025-04-08 at 10.47.55 AM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former president Rodrigo Duterte appears for the first time before the ICC judges on March 14 , 2025. International Criminal Court </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE) — The International Criminal Court&#x27;s (ICC) Registry has informed the Pre-Trial Chamber of the appointment of Dov Jacobs as associate counsel for former President Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained at a facility in The Hague, Netherlands following his March 11 arrest. </p><p>The Registry said Duterte&#x27;s lead counsel <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/2/-stop-messaging-me-filipinos-bombard-wrong-nicholas-kaufman-on-facebook-1520">Nicholas Kaufman </a>made the request for Jacobs to be admitted as &quot;associate counsel&quot; for Duterte, who faces crimes against humanity charge over his bloody drug war.</p><p>According to the ICC document dated April 7, Kaufman formally requested Jacobs&#x27; addition to the defense team on April 2, and the ICC Registry confirmed his appointment on the next day.</p><p>Kaufman has promised a<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/18/sick-of-fake-news-tap-your-emotional-intelligence-advocate-suggests-1801"> &quot;strong defense&quot; </a>for Duterte. </p><p><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/4/everything-i-did-was-for-my-country-duterte-says-via-daughter-2347">Duterte said &quot;everything I did, I did for my country,&quot;</a> his daughter told reporters last Friday. </p><p>She also relayed that her father wanted proceedings against him to move as quickly as possible, with the 80-year-old fearful of dying in custody.</p><p>The vice president would not be drawn as to whether this amounted to an admission of responsibility for the crimes her father is facing at the ICC.</p><p>It was the first reported comments from Rodrigo Duterte since he appeared tired and dazed at an<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/14/rodrigo-duterte-makes-first-icc-appearance-2153"> initial appearance at the ICC in March, </a>which he attended by video link and barely spoke.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/7/cabinet-officials-to-attend-next-senate-hearing-on-duterte-arrest-palace-1342">Cabinet officials to attend April 10 Senate hearing on Duterte arrest: Palace</a></div><p>In the prosecutor&#x27;s application for his arrest, he said Duterte&#x27;s alleged crimes were &quot;part of a widespread and systematic attack directed against the civilian population in the Philippines&quot;.</p><p>&quot;Potentially tens of thousands of killings were perpetrated,&quot; the prosecutor alleged of the campaign that targeted mostly poor men, often without proof they were linked to drugs.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/4/duterte-victims-seeking-truth-and-justice-lawyer-says-2358">Duterte victims seeking &#x27;truth and justice&#x27;, lawyer says</a></div><p>The <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/17/rodrigo-duterte-at-icc-what-happens-next-0812">next hearing is scheduled for September 23</a>, where the charges against him will be laid out, but Sara Duterte said her father was eager to get proceedings underway.</p><p>&quot;He wants to go back to the Philippines. He said, &#x27;I am an old man. I can die anytime. But I want to die in my country&#x27;,&quot; said Sara Duterte.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/6/sara-duterte-back-in-ph-after-dad-digongs-detention-in-the-netherlands-0226">Sara Duterte back in PH after dad Digong&#x27;s detention in the Netherlands</a></div><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong></div><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qXBleBgGKkA" title="From Hong Kong to The Hague: The Arrest of Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Full Documentary) | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pVZwZinpTl0" title="Eyewitnesses to EJKs a &#x27;premium&#x27; to Duterte ICC case - lawyer | TeleRadyo Serbisyo" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Registry has informed the Pre-Trial Chamber on the appointment of Dov Jacobs as associate counsel for former President Rodrigo Duterte.</p>

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Registry has informed the Pre-Trial Chamber on the appointment of Dov Jacobs as associate counsel for former President Rodrigo Duterte.

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ICC registry discloses new associate counsel for Duterte

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Published April 08, 2025 10:51 AM PHT

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