PROFILE: Former Philippine president Duterte due to attend confirmation of charges hearing

Record ID: 2359844

  • Title: PROFILE: Former Philippine president Duterte due to attend confirmation of charges hearing
  • Date: 11th March 2025
  • Summary: Ten days later, more than a thousand people attended a funeral procession for the Philippine teenager, turning the march into one of the biggest protests yet against Duterte's deadly war on drugs. MANILA, PHILIPPINES (FILE - AUGUST 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ACTIVISTS JOINING FUNERAL MARCH FOR KILLED HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENT, KIAN DELOS SANTOS In November, a Philippine court ha
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  • Keywords: China President Rodrigo Duterte Russia drug dealers drug war election killings profile
  • Location: DAVAO CITY, MANILA, GIVEN AS MANILA, MARAWI CITY, AND BALANGIGA, SAMAR PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES / BEIJING, CHINA / MOSCOW, RUSSIA / THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
  • City: DAVAO CITY, MANILA, GIVEN AS MANILA, MARAWI CITY, AND BALANGIGA, SAMAR PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES / BEIJING, CHINA / MOSCOW, RUSSIA / THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00E867101011970RP1
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  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to attend an upcoming confirmation of charges hearing on Monday (February 23) after judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ruled that he is fit to attend pre-trial hearings.
    His defence had said that Duterte, who is being held in The Hague over murders committed during his war on drugs, could not stand trial due to cognitive decline.
    Judges said in a statement that a report by independent medical experts found that Duterte would be able to understand and participate in his case.
    They recalled that for someone to be deemed fit to take part in their case it is enough that they have a broad understanding of the procedures, not that they operate at their highest level.
    Duterte was taken into custody by the ICC on March 12, 2025, following his arrest in Manila on murder charges linked to his "war on drugs" in which thousands of purported dealers and users were killed.
    Duterte's "war on drugs" was a signature policy after he swept to power in 2016 after vitriolic, crime-busting campaign vows to kill narcotics dealers.
    Human rights groups claim that Philippine police and vigilantes under their direction murdered unarmed drug suspects on a massive scale on Duterte's watch, allegations that authorities have denied.
    (Production: Peter Blaza, Jacinta Goh, Travis Teo, Feline Lim, Adrian Portugal, Keval Singh)
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