Overview

• The pre-trial chamber ordered a limited adjournment until further notice to decide whether Rodrigo Duterte is fit to follow and participate in the confirmation proceedings.
• A three-judge panel split on the decision with one dissenting, and the court has not indicated when it will rule given the confidentiality of key medical filings.
• The confirmation hearing had been scheduled for September 23 to determine definitive charges tied to alleged crimes against humanity in the anti-drug campaign.
• Duterte, 80, was arrested in Manila in March, transferred to The Hague, and remains in custody at the ICC’s Scheveningen detention unit after appearing frail at an initial videolink hearing.
• Families of alleged victims and rights groups voiced disappointment at the delay, and court watchers note the ICC has never found a suspect unfit for trial.