Overview

• Rodrigo Duterte, 79, was arrested in Manila and transported to the Netherlands under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.
• The ICC accuses Duterte of crimes against humanity, including responsibility for up to 30,000 extrajudicial killings during his presidency and tenure as Davao mayor.
• Duterte's anti-drug campaign, conducted between 2016 and 2022, allegedly involved police killings of suspected drug offenders without due process.
• He is now detained at the ICC's detention center in Scheveningen, where he will undergo medical examination and await court proceedings.
• The Philippines withdrew from the ICC in 2019, but the court retains jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed before the withdrawal took effect.