Duterte will be brought to the ICC Hague judge in the coming days for the initial performance, the court says.
Former President of Filipin Rodrigo Duterte arrived in the Netherlands and surrendered to the detention of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity for his deadly “drug against drugs.”
Duterte was arrested on Tuesday at the Philippine capital, Manila, after returning from a trip to Hong Kong, and put the police on a plane in Rotterdam.
In a statement on Wednesday, ICC said Duterte79, the authorities “arrested the authorities of the Republic of Philippine in accordance with an arrest warrant issued by the pre-warmark chamber and for accusations of murder as a crime against humanity.”
He will be led to the ICC Hague judge in the coming days for the initial performance, according to a statement. He was transferred to custody on the Dutch coast.
The ICC order for his arrest stated that as President of Duterte he created, funded and armed the mortal teams who participated in the killings of alleged users and drug traders.
He could become the first Asian former head of the state to judge the Hague.
Rival protests
Outside the ICC building in The Hague, protesters of Anti-dutertea welcomed his arrest and held banners who read: “We seek justice and responsibility, Rodrigo Duterte is a war criminal!”
Menandro Abanes told the Reuters news agency that the arrest of Duterte is “great news for the Philippine people.”
“I am here to show my gratitude [the] ICC to do his job to complete impunity, “Abanes added.
Another protester, Mary-grace Labasan, also told Reuters that Duterte was “happy”.
“She is experiencing the law procedure compared to the victims just killed and killed without any proceedings,” she said.
Protests protesters also gathered in the court building.
2021. ICC has opened its research on mass murders associated with War against drugswhat Duterte watched while he was the mayor of the city and later the president.
According to the order, the ICC judges who examined the prosecution’s evidence to support their request for his arrest “reasonable reasons to believe that Mr. Duterte is individually responsible for the crime against humanity” as “an indirect Co-Perpetrator for allegedly overlooking the murder when he was Mayor of Dava and President Philippines.” “
During Duterte’s six years, as president, 6,200 suspects were killed during drug surgery, police reported. Human rights advocates estimate that about 30,000 people have been killed.
