Overview

• On June 12, Duterte’s legal team filed a petition with the ICC pre-trial chamber requesting his interim release from detention in The Hague.
• The 80-year-old ex-president argued that his advanced age and loss of official power eliminate any risk of flight or interference in court proceedings.
• A third country has given ‘advance and principled’ agreement to receive him during interim release, though its identity remains redacted.
• ICC prosecutors have indicated they will not oppose his release provided undisclosed conditions set by the court are met.
• He remains in custody pending trial on alleged crimes against humanity tied to his 2016–22 ‘war on drugs’, which Philippine data say killed over 6,200 suspects.